Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Qutb al-Din Sukman II, AH 581-597 / AD 1185-1200. Dirham (Bronze, 26 mm, 10.13 g, 6 h), AH 594 = AD 1197/1198. Draped half-lenght figure facing slightly to the right, waering fringed headdress, holding globe in her left hand and scepter in her right; around, date in Kufic. Rev. in inner field, 'al-Malik al'Mas'ud / Qutb al-Din Sukman / bin Muhammad bin Qara'; 'Arslan / al-Imam / al-Nasir amir / al-Mu'minin'; all in Kufic. Spengler & Sayles 14. Very fine.


From an important collection of Ayyubid and post-Seljuk coins.