Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1356. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). Saif al-Din Ghazi II. AH 565-576 / AD 1170-1180. Æ Dirham (10.68 g, 12h). Dated AH 568 (AD 1172/3). Draped young male bust facing slightly left, wearing hair in foreknot; above, winged figures flanking; date to right and left / Name and titles of Saif al-Din Ghazi II in five lines acros field and continuing to right and left. Whelan Type I; S&S Type 60.4; Album 1861.1. Good VF, green patina.