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CNG 97, Lot: 892. Estimate $150.
Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Sinjar). Qutb al-Din Muhammad. AH 594-616 / AD 1197-1219. Æ Dirhem (25mm, 10.29 g, 8h). Sinjar mint. Dated AH 596 (AD 1199/1200). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed Roman-style bust left, holding spear over shoulder, and shield; Zangid tamgha to left, mint formula and AH date in outer margin / Names and titles of Abbasid caliph and Qutb al-Din Muhammad in four lines and margins; Zangid tamgha in exergue. Whelan Type II, 228-9; S&S Type 81.1; Album 1880.2. Good VF, brown patina. Rare early issue with the obverse tamgha.


From the Warden Family Collection.