ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Mayyafariqin & Jabal Sinjar. al-'Adil I Sayf al-Din Ahmad. AH 589-596 / AD 1193-1200. Æ Dirhem (29mm, 9.77 g, 12h). Mayyafariqin mint. Dated AH 591 (AD 1194/5). Turbaned and draped bust right / Kalima and name of Abbasid caliph in six lines across field; name and title of al-Din Ahmad in margins. Balog, Ayyubids 338; Album 809. Near VF, green-brown patina, scratches.
From the J.P. Righetti Collection.