323, Lot: 542. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Mayyafariqin & Jabal Sinjar. al-Awhad Najm al-Din Ayyub. AH 596-607 / AD 1200-1210. Æ Dirhem (29mm, 10.62 g, 11h). Mayyafariqin mint. Dated AH 605 (AD 1208/9). Mantled bust facing, wearing turban / Kalima and legend citing al-Adil Abu Bakr as overlord within and around six-pointed star composed of two triangles. Balog, Ayyubids 845; Album 856.2. Near VF, brown patina.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.