Islamic coin – HCR13358

Obverse

Inscription:

الملك المظفر سنجرشاه بن غازي

Design:

large facing long-haired bust, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from lower right, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

Inscription:

الناصر لدين الله / امير المؤمنين / الملك الناصر / يوسق بن ايوب

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in three segments

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

Zangids of al-Jazīra

Reign

Mu’izz al-Dīn Sanjar Shāh

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh (magistrate) , al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf I, 1174 - 1193 (ruler/authority) , Mu’izz al-Dīn Sanjar Shāh, 1180 - 1208 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denomination

Dirham

Material

copper

Technique

struck

Dating

585 AH (=AD 1189)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

12.83

Axis

Diameter (mm)

30.4

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition collection reference

M. Thorburn

Acquisition date

1966

Source

M. Thorburn

Source of funds

Committee for Advanced Studies Fund

Acquisition credit

Purchased with the assistance of the Committee for Advanced Studies Fund, 1966.

Translation (obverse)

the King al-Muẓaffar Sanjar Shāh al-Ghāzī

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Commander of the Believers, the King Nāṣir Yūsuf b. Ayyūb

Secondary inscription (reverse)

سنة اربع / و ثمنين / و خمسمائة

Translation (reverse)

year 585

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Reference

SICA 7 : 1176

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson