Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Syria). al-Malik al-Salih Isma'il, AH 569-577 / AD 1173-1181. Fals (Bronze, 21 mm, 3.94 g, 11 h), Halab. Diademed Roman style bust to right; around, legend in Kufic bearing the mint-name and the AH date. Rev. Legend in Kufic in five lines, 'illah / al-mustadi bi-amr- / amir al-mu'minin / al-malik al-salih / ismai'il'. SICA VI, 845. Spengler & Sayles 76. Earthen deposits, otherwise, very fine.


The Roman-style head on the obverse was copied from Roman coins of the second half of the 4th century.