Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Sinjar). Qutb al-Din Muhammad. AH 594-616 / AD 1197-1219. Æ Dirhem (25mm, 11.26 g, 6h). Sinjar mint. Dated AH 596 (AD 1199/1200). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed Roman-style bust left, holding spear or scepter over shoulder and shield; tamgha before, mint name and AH date around / Names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Qutb al-Din Muhammad bin Zengi in five lines and continuing in margins; tamgha below. Whelan Type II; S&S Type 81.1; Album 1880.2. VF, brown patina, cleaning scratches, pit on obverse, some bare metal exposed on reverse.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.