316, Lot: 504. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). Saif al-Din Ghazi II. AH 565-576 / AD 1170-1180. Æ Dirhem (30mm, 13.07 g, 12h). Dated AH 567 (AD 1171/2). Draped male bust facing slightly left, wearing hair in fore-knot; two winged creatures above, mint formula and date flanking / Name and titles of Saif al-Din Ghazi II in four lines and in margins. Whelan Type I; S&S Type 60.3; Album 1861.1. VF, brown-green patina.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.