394, Lot: 573. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. 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 Dirham (25mm, 4.45 g, 6h). Unnamed (Aleppo [Halab]) mint. Undated issue. Two Byzantine-style imperial figures standing facing, holding between them labarum set on three steps; stars, name and titles of Nur al-Din Mahmud, and blundered Greek legends in field / Christ standing facing; titles of Nur al-Din Mahmud and blundered Greek legends in field. Whelan Type II, 202-5; S&S Type 73; Album 1850. VF, dark brown surfaces, areas of weak strike.