Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1248. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $300. 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 Dirhem (13.30 g, 12h). Dated AH 567 (AD 1171/2). Draped male bust facing slightly left, wearing foreknot; above, winged figures, vis-à-vis; AH date in fields / Name, title, and pedigree of Saif al-Din Ghazi II in four lines and in margins. Whelan Type I, 174-5; S&S Type 60.3; Album 1861.1. VF, black-green patina with earthen deposits.