Ayyubids of Aleppo, ca. 1206-1216 AD., al-Zahir Ghazi, Fals, Album 838.4.

Ayyubids of Aleppo (Halab), al-Zahir Ghazi (AH 582-613 / 1186-1216 AD.), citing caliph al-Nasir, Aleppo mint, this type struck AH 603-612 (1206-1216 AD.),
Fals (ø 20-22 mm / 4,19 g), copper, axes irregular alignment ↑↗ (ca. 40°),
Obv.: ... // ﺮﻫﺎﻈﻟﺍ/ ﻚﻠﻤﻟﺍ , "Al-Melik / al-Zahir" // ... , central legend in plain and dotted octogram (eight-pointed star), in margin mint and date, legend in segments (partly off), dotted border.
Rev.: ﺮﺻﺎﻨﻟﺍ / ﻡﺎﻣﻻﺍ // ﻪﻠﻟﺍﻝﻮﺳﺭﺪﻤﺤﻣﻪﻠﻟﻻﺍﻪﻟﺍﻻ , "Al-imam / al-Nasır. // Lailahe illallah Muhammed resulullah" , central legend in plain and dotted octogram (eight-pointed star), in margin kalima, legend in segments (partly off), dotted border.
Album 838.4 ; BALOG 670ff var. .

al-Zahir Ghazi was the third son of Saladin (Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub). The lands that he was assigned to govern were under the control of his uncle, Al-Adil I (al-Malik al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu-Bakr ibn Ayyub), who was Saladin’s younger brother.