CNG 97, Lot: 891. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Sinjar). 'Imad al-Din Zangi II. AH 566-594 / AD 1170-1197. Æ Dirhem (24mm, 5.95 g, 10h). Sinjar mint. Dated AH 582 (AD 1186/7). Double-headed eagle with wings displayed; [name and title of Abbasid caliph on breast]; mint formula and AH date in outer margin / Name, titles, and genealogy of 'Imad al-Din Zangi II in six lines; Zangid tamghas in outer left and right margins. Whelan Type II, 225-7; S&S Type 79; Album 1879.2. VF, brown patina.

From the Warden Family Collection.