CNG 97, Lot: 885. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). 'Izz al-Din Mas'ud I. AH 576-589 / AD 1180-1193. Æ Dirhem (30mm, 14.97 g, 3h). al-Jazira mint. Dated AH 577 (AD 1181/2). Helmeted male head left; Kalima around / Names and titles of Abbasid caliph and 'Izz al-Din Mas'ud I in three lines; mint formula and AH date in outer margin. Whelan Type I, 179-80 (obv. only); S&S Type 62, Variety 1; Album 1863.1. Good VF, brown patina.

From the Warden Family Collection.