Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Qutb al-Din Sukman II. AH 581-597 / AD 1185-1200. Æ Dirhem (28mm, 10.37 g, 7h). al-Hisn mint. Dated AH 581 (AD 1185/6). Crowned, Sassanian-style bust (similar to Shahpur I) left; mint formula and AH date around / Name and titles of Sukman II in four lines within square; names of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Ayyubid overlord al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I (Saladin) in margins. Whelan Type I; S&S Type 12; Album 1822.1. Fine, green and brown patina.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.