Jerusalem.  AR Dirham with cross, 1251, Acre mint.  Obv.  Arabic legends with christian motto 'One God, one Faith, one Baptism' 'struck in Acre year one thousand and two hundred and one and fifty'.  Rev.  Arabic legends with christian motto 'the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit: One Divinity' 'his is the glory forever and ever, amen '.  Malloy 15; Schl. pl. V, 31. Balog & Yvon 45.  AR.  2.36 g.  20.00 mm.  RR.  Warm toning.  Good VF.

In the spring of 1250 late (647 H) the Bishop Eudes de Chateauroux arrived in Syria. He was scandalized to learn that the Franks were striking coins with the name of the Muslilm Prophet and with Islamic legends and ordered an end to the practice. In 1251 new coins appeared with purely Christian legends written in Arabic. Dirhams resemble the issues of Damascus retaining the design familiar and accetable to the Muslims but the prominent crosses on dinars and dirhams must have made the new issues easily distinguishable.