335, Lot: 715. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). Saif al-Din Ghazi II. AH 565-576 / AD 1170-1180. Æ Dirhem (29mm, 15.38 g, 8h). al-Jazira mint. Dated AH 575 (AD 1179/80). Helmeted male head left; Kalima around / Name and title of Saif al-Din Ghazi II in three lines; mint formula and AH date in outer margin. Whelan Type II, 176 and 178 (obv. only); S&S Type 61.3; Album 1861.2. Good VF, brown patina.
From the Warden Family Collection.