335, Lot: 718. Estimate $150. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Jazira). Mu'izz al-Din Mahmud. AH 605-639 / AD 1208-1242. Æ Dirhem (26mm, 16.44 g, 3h). al-Jazira mint. Dated AH 606 (AD 1209/10). Crowned Turkish female figure facing, holding crescent-circle; Zangid tamgha on crescent, name and titles of Mu'izz al-Din Mahmud in outer margin / Names and titles of Abbasid caliph and Ayyubid overlord in five lines; mint formula and AH date in outer margins. Whelan Type I, 242-3; S&S Type 87.1; Album 1883.1. Near VF, brown patina, traces of earthen deposits in devices.

From the Warden Family Collection.