Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). Nur al-Din Arslan Shah I. AH 589-607 / AD 1193-1211. Æ Dirhem (30mm, 15.09 g, 1h). Nisibin mint. Dated AH 594 (AD 1197/8). Draped bust facing within beaded frame with stars at angles; mint and date in margins / Name and titles of the Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Shah I in four lines and continuing into margins. Whelan Type I; S&S Type 64; Album 1865. VF, dark brown surfaces, rough reverse.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.