406, Lot: 849. Estimate $100. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 616-631 / AD 1219-1234. Æ Dirham (25mm, 8.05 g, 4h). al-Mawsil mint. Dated AH 627 (AD 1231/2). Crowned Turkish female figure, holding crescent-circle, seated facing between two stars; mint formula and AH date around / Kalima and name and titles of Abbasid caliph in five lines; name and titles of Nasir al-Din Mahmud in outer margin. Whelan Type III, 189-90; S&S Type 67; Album 1870.2. VF, green and brown surfaces.

From the George Bernert Collection.