90, Lot: 172. Estimate $100. Sold for $210. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES. Zengids. Nasir al-Din Mahmud. 1218-1234. Æ Dirhem (24mm, 8.40 gm). Al-Mawsil (Mosul) mint. Dated 627 AH (1230/1 AD). 'Struck at al-Mawsil in the year 627', crowned Turkish female seated facing cross-legged, holding crescent which forms large circle; stars on either side / Kalima; 'The Imam' above; 'al-Mustansir billah amir el-muminin' below; 'Nasir al-Dunya wa al-Din Atabeg Mahmud al-Malik al-Kamil al-Malik al-Ashraf' around. Spengler-Sayles 67; Album 1870.2; MWI 1129. Good VF, brown patina, typical 'dead spot' on reverse.

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Sternberg List 3 (1 July 1991), lot 33.