Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Arabia. Sulayhids. 'Arwa bint Ahmad, AH 484-532 / AD 1091-1137. 1/2 Dinar (Gold, 18 mm, 1.18 g, 11 h), Dhu Jibla, blundered date. Album 1078.1. SICA X, 67ff. A well struck example. A few light scratches, otherwise, extremely fine.


Queen Arwa ibn Ahmad was the first woman to bear the title Hujjah ('proof' [of God]), which in Shia Islam denotes a person with a very close relationship to God.