CNG 97, Lot: 896. Estimate $150. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Jazira). Mu'izz al-Din Sanjar Shah. AH 576-605 / AD 1180-1208. Æ Wuqiya (36mm, 30.94 g, 7h). al-Jazira mint. Dated AH [60]1 (AD 1204/5). Zangid tamgha with annulets flanking; all within tressure of twelve arches; name, titles, and partial genealogy of Sanjar Shah in outer margin / Name and titles of Abbasid caliph in three lines; mint formula and AH date in outer margins. Whelan Type II, 238-96; S&S Type 86.2; Album A1883. Good VF, earthen brown patina. Rare.

From the Warden Family Collection.