Lot 2661

Arabian Empires - Ayyubid-Seljuq - Urtuqids and Atabegs - Urtuqids of Hisn Keyfa and Amid - Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan (AH539-570 / AD1144-1174) - AE Dirham nd., no mint name (Album1820.2A, SS2.2, Zeno142863) - Obv: Bust of Christ based on Byzantine style with numerals 1 to 9 scattered to the left and right of the head of Christ (This is the earliest use of Arabic ciphers on a regular circulating Islamic coin) / Rev: 4 lines legens within circle - 7.03 gram - VF, very rare coin