ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Mayyafariqin & Jabal Sinjar. al-Awhad Najm al-Din Ayyub, AH 596-607 / AD 1200-1210. Dirham (Bronze, 26 mm, 9.92 g, 7 h), as governor, Sultan AH 596-615 / 1199-1218, Mayyafariqin (= Diyarbakır), AH 601 = AD 1204/1205. Arabic marginal inscription, with date formula on either side of the bust Draped facing bust, wearing a Byzantine-style crown. Rev. Central inscription of six lines with further inscription in the left, right and upper margins. Album 828. Balog, Ayyubids 843. Good very fine.
Ex Leu (Winterthur) e8, 29 June 2019, 1860.