316, Lot: 503. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). Saif al-Din Ghazi II. AH 565-576 / AD 1170-1180. Æ Dirhem (30mm, 11.69 g, 6h). AH DATE??????. Draped male bust facing slightly left, wearing hair in fore-knot; two winged creatures above, mint formula and date flanking; COUNTERMARK??? / Name and titles of Saif al-Din Ghazi II in four lines and in margins. Whelan Type I; S&S Type 60.???????; Album 1861.1. Fine, brown patina.
From the J.P. Righetti Collection.