Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Rukn al-Din Mawdud, AH 619-629 / AD 1222-1231. Dirham (Bronze, 29 mm, 9.51 g, 2 h), citing Nasir al-Din Mahmud and the Ayyubid overlord al-Kamil I Muhammad (AH 615-635 / AD 1218-1238) and his younger brother, the Emir of Harran, al-Ashraf Musa (1218-1229), Amid, AH 621 = AD AD 1224. Two-headed eagle with spread and stylized wings enclosed within a circle; around within square, mint and date in Kufic; in outer margin, 'al-Malik al-Ma'sud Rukn al-Din Mawdud ibn Mahmud ibn Artuq' (in Kufic) . Rev. Within central circle, 'al-Malik al-Kamil'; Inner corners, 'al-Malik al-Ashraf Musa'; in outer margin, 'La ilaha lilla Allah, Muhammad rasul Allah, al-Imam al-Nasir, li-din Allah Amir al-Mu'minin'; all in Kufic. Spengler & Sayles 19. Rare. Minor flan faults, otherwise, good very fine.


This interesting type cites not one, but two Ayyubid overlords on the reverse.