Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Arabia. Sulayhids. 'Arwa bint Ahmad, AH 484-532 / AD 1091-1137. Dinar (Gold, 22 mm, 2.39 g, 12 h), Adan, blundered date. Album 1077. Struck from a somewhat corroded reverse die, otherwise, good very fine.


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.