237, Lot: 521. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Sinjar). Qutb al-Din Muhammad. AH 594-616 / AD 1197-1219. Æ Dirhem (24mm, 10.02 g, 7h). Sinjar mint. Dated AH 596 (AD 1199/1200). Bare-headed draped, and cuirassed male Roman-style bust left, holding spear or scepter over shoulder and shield; tamgha before, mint name and AH date around / Names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Qutb al-Din Muhammad bin Zengi in five lines across field; name continued to right and left; Zengid tamgha in exergue. S&S Type 81.1; Album 1880.2. VF, dark green patina with earthen encrustation.