Watch List notes:

Artuqids of Amid and Kayfa, Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan (AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174) Æ Dirham. NM, AH 556 = AD 1160. Bare-headed and draped half-length figure facing slightly to the left, holding globe in his right hand and sceptre in his left; in field to left, date in the Abjad system / "al-Malik al-A, lim al-'Adil, Fakhr al-Din" in Kufic three lines; in field to right and left, legend in Kufic 'Qararslan, bin Artuq'. Album 1820.4; S/S-4. 15.80g, 30mm, 11h

Very Fine. Rare.

From the inventory of a European dealer.