148, Lot: 500. Estimate $100. Sold for $216. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Zengid Atabegs of Mosul. ‘Izz al-Din Mas’ud II. AH 607-615/AD 1211-1218. Æ Dirham (29mm, 13.97 g, 9h). al-Mawsil (Mosul) mint. Dated AH 607 (AD 1211). Diademed and draped classical-style male bust left; rudimentary star to left of shoulder; mint name and AH date around / Shahada and names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and ‘Izz al-Din Mas’ud in six lines across field; name and title of Ayyubid overlord al-Adil Abu Bakr in external voids. S&S Type 65.1. Good VF, black-green patina.
From the Henry Chitwood Collection. Ex C.M. Webdale Collection (Glendining, 9 October 1989), lot 507 (part of).