97, Lot: 237. Estimate $75. Sold for $56. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES. Zengids of al-Jazira. Mu'izz al Din Sanjar Shah. 1180-1209 AD. Æ Dirhem (32mm, 15.74 gm). AH 584 (1188/89 AD). Facing male bust (Sol), legend citing Sanjar Shah around / Four line legend citing the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir and the Ayyubid sultan Saladin; mint and date around. S/S 85.1; Edhem 171; Album 1882. VF, brown patina. Overstruck on a coin of Saif al Din Ghazi II, helmeted head type (S/S 61.1). 

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Spengler / Sayles Collection; Classical Numismatic Group 38 (6-7 June 1996), lot 1384.