CNG 94, Lot: 1620. 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 (al-Mawsil). Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 616-631 / AD 1219-1234. Æ Dirhem (30mm, 15.01 g, 1h). al-Mawsil mint. Dated AH 620 (AD 1224/5). Draped young male bust facing slightly left, wearing hair in foreknot; above, lions flanking; mint formula and AH date to right and left / Kalima, name and title of Abbasid caliph and name of Abbasid heir presumptive in six lines; name of Nasir al-Din Mahmud, and Ayyubid overlord around. Whelan Type II; S&S Type 66; Album 1870.1. Good VF, brown patina.
From the J.-P. Righetti Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 162 (11 April 2007), lot 346.