316, Lot: 507. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 616-631 / AD 1219-1234. Æ Dirhem (31mm, 14.49 g, 5h). al-Mawsil mint. Dated AH 620 (AD 1224/5). Draped male bust facing slightly left, wearing hair in foreknot; winged creatures above, mint formula and AH date flanking / Kalima, name and title of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir, and name of Abbasid heir presumptive, ‘Uddat al-Din Abu Nasr Muhammad, in six lines; name of Mahmud and two Ayyubid overlords around. Whelan Type II; S&S Type 66; Album 1870.1. VF, reddish-brown patina.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.