CNG 84, Lot: 1691. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Sinjar). al-Amjad Fath al-Din 'Umar. AH 616-617 / AD 1219-1220. Æ Dirhem (25mm, 10.47 g, 12h). Sinjar mint. Dated AH 616(?) (AD 1219/20). Diademed and draped bust right; name and title of al-Amjad Fath al-Din 'Umar in margin / Name and titles of Abbasid caliph and Ayyubid overlord in five lines; mint and AH date in voids. Whelan -; S&S Type 84.1; Album 1881. Good VF, brown patina with earthen overtones. Extremely rare.