ISLAMIC, Arabia. Sulayhids. 'Arwa bint Ahmad, AH 484-532 / AD 1091-1137. 1/2 Dinar (Gold, 17 mm, 1.18 g, 3 h), Dhu Jibla, blundered date. Album 1078.1. SICA X, 67ff. Minor traces of mounting and with a few nicks, otherwise, very fine.

Queen Arwa ibn Ahmad was the first woman to bear the title Hujjah ('proof' [of God]), which in Shia Islam denotes a person with a very close relationship to God.