323, Lot: 614. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). Saif al-Din Ghazi II. AH 565-576 / AD 1170-1180. Æ Dirhem (28mm, 10.88 g, 11h). Dated AH 566 (AD 1170/1). Draped bust facing slightly left, wearing hair in fore-knot; two winged creatures above, date flanking / Name and titles of Saif al-Din Ghazi II in five lines across field; genealogy going back to Aqsunqur in margins. Whelan Type I; S&S Type 60.1; Album 1861.1. VF, brown patina, small pit on cheek.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.