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Bronze AE 18, cf. Malloy Crusaders p. 83, 55; hybrid imitation with combined Latin and Arabic characteristics, VF, weight 1.310 g, maximum diameter 18.8 mm, obverse hexagram (imitating Ayyubids of Aleppo), blundered illiterate imitation of Arabic script; reverse + blundered illiterate Latin? legend, cross moline, small St. Andrew's cross in each quarter, within circle of large dots; uneven strike but among the finest of the few known; of great rarity
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