323, Lot: 540. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Mayyafariqin & Jabal Sinjar. al-'Adil I Sayf al-Din Ahmad. AH 589-596 / AD 1193-1200. Æ Dirhem (29mm, 11.62 g, 9h). Mayyafariqin mint. Struck AH 591 (AD 1194/5). Crowned and mantled bust facing / Kalima and name of Abbasid caliph in six lines across field; name and title of al-'Adil I Sayf al-Din Ahmad in margins. Balog, Ayyubids 337; Album 809. VF, green and brown patina, earthen deposits on reverse.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.