Zengids of Sinjar, 596 AH / 1200 AD., Qutb al-Din Muhammad bin Zengi, Sinjar mint, Æ Dirham, S/S 81.1

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 596 (1200 AD.),
Æ Unit / Æ Dirham (25-26 mm / 11,60 g), copper, axes irregular alignment ↑→ (ca. 100°),
Obv.: ﺔﺋﺎﻤﺴﻤﺧﻭ ﻦﻴﻌﺴﺗﻭ ﻪﺘﺳ ﺔﻨﺳﺭﺎﺠﻨﺴﺑ ﺏﺮﺿ , "Duribe bi-Sincar sene 596" , male Roman-style bust to left, mint name and date around in margin, holding a sceptre over his shoulder, tamgha in front of face.
Rev.: ﻪﻠﻟﺍﻦﻳﺪﻟﺮﺻﺎﻨﻟﺍﻡﺎﻣﻻﺍ / ﺩﻮﺩﻮﻣ ﻦﺑ ﻰﻜﻧﺯ ﻦﺑ ﺩﻤﺤﻣ ﻦﻳﺪﻟﺍ ﻭﺎﻴﻨﺪﻟﺍ ﺐﻄﻗﺭﻮﺼﻨﻤﻟﺍ ﻚﻠﻤﻟﺍ , "El-imam el-Nasır lidinillah. El-Melik el-Mansur Kutbeddünya veddin Muhammed bin Zengi bin Mevdud" , legend in centre in four lines across field and margin with names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Qutb al-Din Muhammad bin Zangi.
S/S 81.1 ; BMC 621ff ; B 88 ; Mitch. WI 1139-1140 ; Album 1880.2 ; Edhem 166 .