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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 26090656, member: 81887&quot;][ATTACH=full]1662913[/ATTACH] </p><p>Zengid Atabegs of Sinjar.&nbsp; AE dirham (21 mm).&nbsp; Sinjar mint.&nbsp; &#039;Imad al-Din Zengi II (1170-1197 CE).&nbsp; Obverse: Double-headed eagle, inscription on breast (heavily worn) naming the Abbasid caliph &quot;al-Imam al-Nasir Ahmad&quot;, inscription along margin giving mint and date (mostly off flan).&nbsp; Reverse: Reverse: inscription in six lines (partly off flan) listing name and titles of the ruler, tamghas to right and left: &quot;ibn Zengi al-Malik al-&#039;alim al-&#039;adil &#039;Imad al-Dunya wa al-Din Zengi ibn Mawdud&quot;.&nbsp; Spengler/Sayles 79, Album 1879.2.&nbsp; This coin: Purchased from Educational Coin Company at Baltimore Whitman Numismatic Expo, November 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sinjar was a city in northern Mesopotamia, important mainly for its position on the main route of approach to Mosul.&nbsp; It was captured from the Seljuqs by &#039;Imad al-Din Zengi I of Mosul in 1127, and passed to his son Qutb al-Din Mawdud.&nbsp; Mawdud died in 1170, and Sinjar was assigned as an independent kingdom under Mawdud&#039;s son &#039;Imad al-Din Zengi II, while the main throne at Mosul went to another son.&nbsp; Sinjar was a prosperous city, due mainly to its position along the trade route, but little of note seems to have happened there.&nbsp; &#039;Imad al-Din Zengi II reigned for 28 years and was succeeded by his son.&nbsp; The dynasty ended in 1220, when the city was captured by the expanding Ayyubid empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this coin mainly because of the interesting figural type of the double-headed eagle, which appears on several different Turkoman bronze issues as well as various other coins in history, and of course is famous in European heraldry as well.&nbsp; This was sold unattributed to ruler, simply as part of a &quot;pick your Zengid bronze coin&quot; at $19 each.&nbsp; This is a good example of how you can often find interesting coins for sale cheaply if you are willing to do your own research to identify exact types.&nbsp; Please post your related coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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