354, Lot: 739. Estimate $75. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Mayyafariqin & Jabal Sinjar. al-Ashraf I Muzaffar al-Din Musa. AH 607-617 / AD 1210-1220. Æ Dirhem (29mm, 12.75 g, 5h). Mayyafariqin mint. Dated AH 612 (AD 1215/6). Turbaned prince seated facing, with right leg drawn up, holding globe in right hand and placing left hand on hip / Legend citing al-Adil Abu Bakr as overlord within and around trilobe. Balog,
Ayyubids 849; Album 859.1. VF, brown patina, minor striking weakness on the obverse.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection.