Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Arabia. Sulayhids. 'Arwa bint Ahmad, AH 484-532 / AD 1091-1137. Dinar (Gold, 21 mm, 2.33 g, 7 h), Adan, illegible date. Album 1077. Struck from slightly worn dies and with two minor flan faults, 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.