CNG 94, Lot: 1621. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Jazira). Mu'izz al-Din Sanjar Shah. AH 576-605 / AD 1180-1208. Æ wuqiya (33mm, 36.64 g, 9h). al-Jazira mint. Dated AH 600 (AD 1203/4). Zangid tamgha with annulets flanking within tressure of twelve arches; name, titles and pedigree of Sanjar Shah in outer margin / Name and titles of Abbasid Caliph in three lines; mint formula and AH date in outer margins. Whelan Type II, 238-96; S&S Type 86.1; Album A1883. VF, brown patina. Rare.

From the J.-P. Righetti Collection.