206, Lot: 457. Estimate $150. Sold for $133. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). Qutb al-Din Mawdud. AH 544-565 / AD 1149-1170. Æ Dirham (29mm, 12.44 g, 5h). Dated AH 564 (AD 1169/70). Draped male bust facing slightly left, wearing fore-knot; two winged figures above, date around / Name and titles of Qutb al-Din Mawdud. S&S Type 59.6; Album 1858. Good VF, glossy brown patina, some hard green encrustation and surface roughness on reverse.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.