323, Lot: 607. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Syria). Nur al-Din Mahmud. AH 541-569 / AD 1146-1173. Æ Dirhem (25mm, 4.56 g, 6h). Two Byzantine-style imperial figures standing facing, supporting between them a labarum resting on three steps; stars, name and titles of Nur al-Din Mahmud, and blundered Greek legends in field / Christ standing facing, holding Gospels; titles of Nur al-Din Mahmud and blundered Greek legends in field. Whelan Type II; S&S Type 73; Album 1850. Near VF, brown patina, areas of flat strike.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.