CNG 97, Lot: 881. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Syria). al-Malik al-Salih Isma'il. AH 569-577 / AD 1173-1181. Æ Dirhem (23mm, 4.72 g, 12h). Aleppo (Halab) mint. Dated AH 571 (AD 1175/6). Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed late-Roman-style bust right; mint formula and AH date around / Name and titles of Abbasid caliph and al-Malik al-Salih Isma'il in five lines. Whelan Type II, 212-3; S&S Type 76; Album 1854.1. Good VF, orange earthen black-green patina, areas of flat strike. Portrait of fine style.

From the Warden Family Collection.