335, Lot: 714. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. 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 (27mm, 10.50 g, 10h). Unnamed (al-Mawsil?) mint. Dated AH 569 (AD 1173/4). Draped bust facing slightly left, wearing hair in fore-knot; two winged creatures above, AH date in left and right fields / Name and titles of Saif al-Din Ghazi II in four lines and margins. Whelan Type I, 174 (rev. only); S&S Type 60.5; Album 1861.1. VF, dark brown patina.

From the Warden Family Collection.