258, Lot: 558. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 616-631 / AD 1219-1234. Æ Dirhem (26mm, 6.50 g, 10h). Al-Mawsil (Mosul) mint. Dated AH 627 (AD 1229/30). Crowned figure seated facing with legs crossed, holding crescent; AH date to right and left / Shahada and name and titles of Abbasid caliph in five lines across field; in margins, name and titles of Nasir al-Din Mahmud. S&S Type 67; Album 1870.2. VF, dark brown patina, some deposits.