ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Sinjar). Qutb al-Din Muhammad. AH 594-616 / AD 1197-1219. Æ Dirhem (26mm, 12.52 g, 9h). Sinjar mint. Uncertain AH date. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed male Roman-style bust left, holding spear or scepter over shoulder and shield; tamgha before, mint name and [AH date] around / Names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Qutb al-Din Muhammad bin Zengi in five lines across field; name continued to right and left; Zengid tamgha in exergue. S&S 81; Album 1880.2. Good Fine, brown patina, some cleaning marks and minor roughness.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection.