316, Lot: 501. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). Qutb al-Din Mawdud. AH 544-565 / AD 1149-1170. Æ Dirhem (33mm, 19.13 g, 7h). Dated AH 555 (AD 1159/60). Draped male bust facing slightly left, wearing hair in fore-knot; two winged creatures above, mint formula and date flanking / Name and titles of Qutb al-Din Mawdud in five lines and margins. Whelan Type II; S&S Type 59.1; Album 1858. VF, brown patina, light cleaning marks, some bare metal exposed.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.