323, Lot: 618. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). 'Izz al-Din Mas'ud I. AH 576-589 / AD 1180-1193. Æ Dirhem (27mm, 11.96 g, 11h). al-Mawsil mint. Dated AH 585 (AD 1189/90). Crowned Turk, holding crescent-circle, seated facing between two stars; mint and date around / Kalima and name and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir and Abbasid heir ‘Uddat al-Din Abu Nasr Muhammad in five lines; name and titles of Ayyubid overlord al-Nasr Yusuf (Saladin) and Mas’ud I in margins. Whelan Type II; S&S Type 63.1; Album 1863.2. VF, brown surfaces.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.