CNG 97, Lot: 884. Estimate $200. 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 (31mm, 16.98 g, 6h). al-Jazira mint. Dated AH 577 (AD 1181/2). Helmeted male head left; Kalima around / Name and title of Saif al-Din Ghazi II in three lines; mint formula and AH date in outer margin. Whelan Type II, 176 and 178 (obv. only); S&S Type 61.2; Album 1861.2. VF, brown patina.

From the Warden Family Collection.