Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Jazira). Mu'izz al-Din Sanjar Shah, AH 576-605 / AD 1180-1208. Dirham (Bronze, 35 mm, 33.83 g), AH 600. Large Zangid tamgha flanked by two annulets within a scalloped circle of twelve arcs; in outer margin, 'al-Malik al-Muzaffar Sanjar Shah bin Ghazi al Nasiri' in Kufic. Rev. Legend in Kufic reading 'al-Imam al-A'zam / al-Nasir li-din Allah / amir al-Mu-minin'; in the marginal arcs, mint (bi'l jazirah') and date (sana sittami'a). Spengler & Sayles 86. Some areas of weakenss and with light scrapes, otherwise, very fine.


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