323, Lot: 626. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Jazira). Mu'izz al-Din Mahmud. AH 605-639 / AD 1208-1242. Æ Dirhem (25mm, 7.65 g, 7h). al-Jazira mint. Dated AH 639 (AD 1242/3). Zengid tamgha; name and title of al-Mu'azzam Mahmud in margin / Name and titles of Abbasid caliph and Seljuq of Rum overlord in four lines; mint and date in margins. Whelan –; S&S Type 89.1; Album 1884. VF, brown patina.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.