Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Arabia. Sulayhids. 'Arwa bint Ahmad, AH 484-532 / AD 1091-1137. Dinar (Gold, 21 mm, 2.33 g, 6 h), Adan, blundered date. Album 1077. Plugged hole and with an edge crack and minor scratches, otherwise, very 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.