Unknown ancient/medieval gold coin

Pokermandude

I haven't had any luck tracking this one down. Came from a collection of ancient/medieval coins I recently purchased. Looks arabic in origin, but the letters are "blocky", reminding me of crusader era coins. The closest match I've found so far are gold dinars.

It weighs 3.67 grams, 22mm diameter.

yosclimber

The design with single inner circle and double middle circles looks like
"Dynasty
The Fatimid Caliphate, 297-567 H/909-1171 AD

Ruler and dates
Abu’l-Maymun ‘Abd al-Majid al-Hafiz li-Din Allah ibn Abu’l-Qasim Muhammad ibn al-Mustansir, (526-544 H/1131-1149 AD)

Mint name
Misr – Egypt, with the mint probably located in al-Qahira (Cairo)

Date
536 H (1141-1142 AD)

Metal and denomination
Gold dinar

Weight and measurement
4.15 g / 21.5 mm"

https://www.davidmus.dk/en/col...ids-and-fatimids/coins
However, the lettering does not match and I agree the letters on your coin are more blocky.

lordmarcovan

Ooh. Nice.

Pokermandude

Apparently it is a Crusader imitative type of Dinar. Very similar to the 2nd gold coin on the link below. Described as a gold Bezant, 1143-1163 AD.

http://www.gold-stater.com/medieval-gold-coins.html

yosclimber

Good work on the ID - thanks for sharing.

Here's one somewhat less worn on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Crusad...d-Bezant-/221472797107