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CS56 - County of Tripoli, Bohémond IV or V (1187-1252), Gold Bezant, 3.64g., struck in the name of the Fatamid caliph, al-Mustansir; c.1187-1250, name and titles of al-Mustansir in pseudo-Kufic script in four lines across field, • B • above, “Umayyad Second Symbol” (Quran 9.33) in pseudo-Kufic script in outer margin, rev., “Ali” and Shahada in pseudo-Kufic script in four lines across field; • T • above; bismillah, mint formula, and AH date in pseudo-Kufic scrip tin outer margin, cross in center, (Metcalf, Crusades 489; CCS 8), very fine, rare. $695 SOLD