CNG 97, Lot: 882. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). Qutb al-Din Mawdud. AH 544-565 / AD 1149-1170. Æ Dirhem (29mm, 10.98 g, 11h). Unlisted (al-Mawsil[?]) mint. Dated AH 555 (AD 1159/60). Draped bust facing slightly left, wearing hair in fore-knot; two winged creatures above, AH date in left and right fields / Name and titles of Qutb al-Din Mawdud in four lines and margins. Whelan Type II, 172-3; S&S Type 59.1; Album 1858. VF, brown patina.
From the Warden Family Collection.