Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1357. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $345. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 616-631 / AD 1219-1234. Æ Dirham (15.30 g, 3h). al-Mawsil mint. Dated AH 620 (AD 1224/5). Draped young male bust facing slightly left, wearing hair in foreknot; above, lions flanking; mint formula and date to right and left / Kalima, name and title of Abbasid caliph al-Nasir and name of Abbasid heir presumptive ‘Uddat al-Din Abu Nasir Muhammad in six lines across field; name Nasir al-Din Mahmud, and Ayyubid overlords, al-Ashraf and al-Kamil around. Whelan Type II; S&S Type 66; Album 1870.1. Good VF, black patina. Rare.