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316, Lot: 499. Estimate $100.
Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Syria). Nur al-Din Mahmud. AH 541-569 / AD 1146-1173. Æ Dirhem (23mm, 4.51 g, 6h). Two Byzantine style imperial figures standing facing, supporting between them a labarum resting on three steps; stars, name and titles of Nur al-Din Mahmud, and blundered Greek legends in field / Christ standing facing, holding Gospels; titles of Nur al-Din Mahmud and blundered Greek legends in field. Whelan Type II; S&S Type 73; Album 1850. Near VF, dark green patina.


From the J.P. Righetti Collection.