Zengids of Sinjar, 601 AH / 1204-5 AD., Qutb al-Din Muhammad bin Zengi, Sinjar mint, Æ Dirham, S/S 82.2

Zengid Atabegs of Sinjar / the Zengids of Sinjar (AH 566-617 / 1171-1220 AD.), Qutb al-Din Muhammad bin Zengi (AH 594-616 /1197-1219 AD.), Sinjar mint (Syria), dated AH 601(?) (1204-5 AD.),
Æ Unit / Æ Dirham (26-29 mm / 13,08 g), copper, axes irregular alignment ↑↘ (ca. 140°),
Obv.: ﺩﻭﺩﻮﻣ ﻦﺑ ﻰﻜﻧﺯ ﻦﺑ ﺪﻤﺤﻣ ﻦﻳﺪﻟﺍﻭ ﺎﻴﻧﺪﻟﺍﺐﻄﻗﺭﻮﺼﻨﻤﻟﺍﻚﻠﻤﻟﺍ / ﺡﻮﻧ ﻩﺎﺷ ﺭﺎﺠﻨﺳ ﻩﺪﻬﻋﻰﻟﻭ , "El-Melik el-mansur kutbeddin Muhammed bin Zengi bin Mevdud veliahd Sencar şah-ı Nuh" , female bust wearing crested Corinthian helmet; breastplate over triple-folded garment, possibly modeled on the statue of Athena Promachos (460 BC), destroyed as the Fourth Crusade reached Constantinople in June, 1203 AD.
Rev.: ﻦﻴﻨﻣﺆﻤﻟﺍﺮﻴﻣﺍ ﻪﻠﻟﺍﻦﻳﺪﻟﺮﺻﺎﻨﻟﺍﻡﺎﻣﻻﺍ / ﻥﻮﻳﺍﻦﺑ ﺮﻜﺑﻮﺑﺍ ﻦﻳﺪﻟﺍ ﻒﻴﺳ ﻞﺩﺎﻌﻟﺍﻚﻠﻤﻟﺍ / ﺔﺋﺎﻤﺘﺳﻭ ﺪﺣﺍ ﺔﻨﺳﺭﺎﺠﻨﺴﺑ ﺏﺮﺿ , "El-imam el-Nasır lidinillah emir'ül müminin. El-Melik'ül adil seyfeddin Ebu Bekir bin Eyub. Duribe bi-Sincar sene 601" , legend in centre across field and margin citing the Ayyubid ruler al-‘Adil Abu Bakr I.
S/S 82.2 ; Album 1880.3 .