CNG 97, Lot: 898. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Jazira). al-Mu’azzam Mahmud with Wali ‘Ahad al-Zahir. AH 605-648 / AD 1209-1251. Æ Dirhem (26mm, 13.01 g, 10h). al-Jazira mint. Dated AH 639 (AD 1242/3). Zengid tamgha; names and titles of al-Mu’azzam Mahmud and Wali ‘Ahad al-Zahir in outer margin / Names and titles of Abbasid caliph and Rum Seljuq overlord in three lines; mint formula and AH date in margins. Whelan Type; S&S Type 89; Album 1884. VF, earthen black-green patina.
From the Warden Family Collection. Ex Künker 204 (12 March 2012), lot 1061.