126GE3) ZANGID ATABEG OF MOSUL; QUTB AL-DIN MAWDUD; 544-565 AH/ 1149-1170 AD; AE DIRHAM; 27 MM, 8.66 GRMS; VF
Obv.: Male bust with pronounced Turkish features facing slightly left, hair dishevelled with prominent knot at forehead and long locks falling to each side; two winged creatures above, with inner wings thrust forward, tips crossed; marginal legend in simple Kufic in curved segments in right and left fields bearing the date in Arabic words = 557 AH AND THUS TYPE SS 59.3; all within a beaded circle.
Rev.: Four-line legend in simple Kufic bearing three compound laqabs of the Zengid ruler, including the unusual formulation Tughril Tekin Atabeg; continuing in the right, top and left margins with his ism and nasab back two generations; all within a beaded circle. the marginal elements are inscribed somewhat smaller than the four central lines.
BEAUTIFUL STYLE TYPE SS 59.3,VF.