Что значит год красивый!
750$ за монету Саладина 1187-го года.
The year 1187 proved to be a watershed in Saladin's reign, with most of the Crusader cities falling to forces, and culminating in the Battle of the Horns of Hatin on July 4, when his army overwhelmingly defeated the combined forces of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar. The debacle virtually crippled the Crusader kingdom, and shortly thereafter, resulted in Jerusalem falling back into Muslim hands for the first time in 88 years. This event sent a shockwave throughout Christian Europe, and was the catalyst for the Third Crusade. King Richard I led a massive English component on this crusade, and financed it through a tax (begun by his father, Henry II) that was colloquially known as the Saladin tithe." Although other kingdoms participated in the crusade, it is best known for the great rivalry between Richard and Saladin. In the end, Richard won the tactical victories, but Saladin won the strategic, for Richard recognized he could never recover Jerusalem. In the end, the two signed a treaty in 1192 that recognized the right of Christan pilgirms to visit the holy city. The two rulers became admirers of, and showed great respect for, one another, as evidenced through their correspondence. Saladin even sent his own doctors to aid Richard when the English king was taken ill. Saladin died in 1193, shortly after Richard departed. His memory was not only honored in the east, but also in the west, where he had a great reputation as a truly chivalrous knight.
The present coin was struck in AH 583 (AD 1187/8), the year of Saladin's triumph over the Crusaders at Hattin. Damascus, where it was struck, was the closest mint in proximity to the event. On the obverse, the inner legend cites the laqab of Saladin: el-malik al-nasir salah al-dunya wa al-din (The Prince al-Nasir Salah al-Dunya wa al-Din [Defender (and) Honor of the world and of the faith]). The outer legend begins at the top with the ism and nasab of Saladin: Yusuf bin Ayyub (Yusuf, son of Ayyub). This is followed on the left by the mint: zuriba bi-Dimishq (Struck at Damascus). Finally, on the bottom and right is the date of striking: sanat thelath wa themanin wa khams mi'a (Year three and eighty and five hundred). On the reverse, the inner legend cites the name and titles of the current Abbasid Caliph: el-imam al-Nasir li-Din Allah amir el-muminin (The Imam, al-Nasir li-Din Allah, Commander of the Faithful). The caliph was the nominal overlord of Saladin (and all other Sunni dynasties), but had no real power over the Ayyubid prince. The outer legend, running counterclockwise from the top, cites the kalima (or shahada): la ilah illa Allah wahdahu Mohammed rasul Allah (There is no deity except God, (and) Muhammad is the messenger of God). "