Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Lu'lu'ids. Badr al-Din Lu'lu, AH 631-657 / AD 1234-1259. Drachm (Bronze, 27 mm, 8.10 g, 4 h), citing the Abbasid caliph al-Musta'sim, al-Jazira, AH 649 = AD 1250/1. In inner field, 'al-Imam / La ilaha illa Allah / al-Musta'sim billah / Amir al-Mu'minin'; in outer margin, date and mint; all in Arabic. Rev. In inner field, 'Lu'lu / Muhammad Rasul Allah / Bard al-Dunya / wa al-Din Atabeg'; in outer margin, Yusuf / al-Malik al-Nasir'; all in Arabic. Spengler & Sayles 70. Minor deposits and the reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine.


From the Dr. David Majer Collection of Islamic coins, formed over the past two decades.