278, Lot: 527. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Jazira). Mu'izz al-Din Sanjar Shah. AH 576-605 / AD 1180-1208. Æ Wuqiya (35mm, 34.32 g, 6h). al-Jazira mint. Dated AH 600 (AD 1203/4). Zangid tamgha with annulets flanking within scalloped border; name, titles and pedigree of Sanjar Shah around / Legen citing the Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir; mint and date around. S&S Type 86.1; Album A1883. VF, brown patina. Slightly uneven struck, otherwise a weighty and impressive example of this rare type.