239, Lot: 608. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). Nur al-Din Arslan Shah I. AH 589-607 / AD 1193-1211. Æ Dirhem (29mm, 14.95 g, 11h). Nisibin mint. Dated AH 594 (AD 1197/8). Turkish bust facing, draped, within beaded frame with stars at angles; mintname and date in margins / Name and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and the royal and personal laqabs of the Zangid ruler. S&S Type 64; Album 1865. Good VF, brown patina.