Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Nasir al-Din Mahmud, AH 597-619 / AD 1200-1222. Dirham (Bronze, 29 mm, 12.67 g, 8 h), al-Hisn, AH 610 = AD 1213/1214. Two-headed eagle with spread and stylized wings; in field to left, date in numerals 'sanah 610'; in field to right, mintname in Kufic 'Duriba bi'l-Hisn'. Rev. 'al-Malik al-Salih / Mahmud bin Artuq / al-Malik al-'Adil / Abu Bakr' in Kufic in four lines; in field to left and right, 'al-Nasir Amir / al-Mu'minin' in Kufic. Spengler & Sayles 15. About very fine.


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