CNG 97, Lot: 886. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. 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, 13.78 g, 3h). al-Mawsil mint. Dated AH 585 (AD 1189/90). Crowned Turkish female figure, holding crescent-circle, seated facing between two stars; mint formula and AH date around / Kalima and name and titles of Abbasid caliph and Abbasid heir presumptive in five lines; name and titles of Ayyubid overlord (al-Nasr Yusuf bin Ayyub [Saladin]) and 'Izz al-Din Mas'ud I in margins. Whelan Type II, 181-2; S&S Type 63.1; Album 1863.2. Good VF, brown patina.

From the Warden Family Collection.