335, Lot: 711. Estimate $75. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Syria). Nur al-Din Mahmud. AH 541-569 / AD 1146-1173. Æ Fals (24mm, 5.87 g, 12h). Dimashq (Damascus) mint. Struck AD 1162-1169. Laqab in single line; stars and inverted lis above, floral ornament below, invocation in outer margin / Name of Nur al-Din Mahmud in single line; floral ornament above, floral ornament flanked by stars below, mint formula and [AH date in outer margin]. Whelan Type III, 206-9; S&S Type 74; Album 1851. VF, earthen black-green patina.

From the Warden Family Collection.