ISLAMIC, Arabia. Sulayhids. 'Arwa bint Ahmad, AH 484-532 / AD 1091-1137. 1/2 Dinar (Gold, 17 mm, 1.21 g, 2 h), Dhu Jibla, blundered date. SICA X, 67ff. About extremely fine.
From the collection of a Swiss scholar, formed over the past thirty years.
Queen Arwa ibn Ahmad was the first woman to bear the title Hujjah ('proof' [of God]). Among the Shia, this title is given only to a person with a very close relationship to God.