148, Lot: 502. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Zengid Atabegs of Halab (Aleppo). Al-Salih Isma’il. AH 569-577/AD 1174-1181. Æ Dirham (23mm, 3.59 g, 1h). al-Halab (Aleppo) mint. Dated AH 571 (AD 1175/6). Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed Roman-style bust right; mint name and AH date around / Names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Mustadi and Al-Salih Isma’il in five lines across field. S&S Type 76. VF, black-green patina with earthen overtones.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.