CNG 87, Lot: 1355. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Begtiginids (Biktakinids). Muzaffar al-Din Kökburi. AH 563-630 / AD 1167-1233. Æ (25mm, 6.85 g, 5h). Naming al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin). No mint (prob. Irbil). Struck circa AH 578-583 / AD 1183-1188. “al-Malik al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf” in three lines in central square; in margin, clockwise from bottom: [“ibn Ayyub, Muhyi D awlat Amir] al-Mu’minin” / Figure enthroned facing, holding globe aloft; [name and titles of Muzaffar at sides]. Whelan Type III; CMM 826-36; Album 1888.1. Good VF, black patina with spots of green and light earthen dusting, compact flan. Rare.