104, Lot: 242. Estimate $150. Sold for $237. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES. Zengid Atabegs of Mosul. Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 616-631 (1219-1234 AD). Æ Dirhem (30mm, 13.99 gm, 7h). AH 620 (1223 AD). Bust three-quarters facing, head slightly left,winged creatures above / Five-line central legend giving the names and titles of the Abbasid Caliphh and his heir, the Zengid ruler Mahmud, and the Ayyubid sultans al Kamil and al Ashraf. Spengler & Sayles 66; Edhem 136. Good VF, minor deposits, brown patina.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 38 (6-7 June 1996), lot 1316.