323, Lot: 615. 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 (29mm, 13.48 g, 4h). Dated AH 568 (AD 1172/3). Draped bust facing slightly left, wearing hair in fore-knot; two winged creatures above, date flanking / Name and titles of Ghazi II in five lines acros field and continuing into margins. Whelan Type I; S&S Type 60.4; Album 1861.1. VF, brown surfaces.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection.