Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 1128. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Zengid Atabegs of Mosul. Nasir al-Din Mahmud. 1219-1234. Æ Dirhem (8.41 g, 12h). al-Mawsil (Mosul) mint. Dated AH 627 (AD 1229/30). Crowned figure seated facing with legs crossed, holding crescent; date in fields / Shahada and name and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir in five lines across fields; name and titles of Nasir al-Din Mahmud in outer margin. S&S Type 67; Album 1870.2. Good VF, brown patina.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.