Zangids of al-Mawsil. Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 683-690 / AD 1284-1291. Æ Dirham (24.5mm, 9.06 g, 9h). Citing the Ayyubid rulers al-Kamil Muhammad and al-Ashraf Musa as overlords. al-Mawsil mint. Dated AH 627 (AD 1229/30). Near EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 327. Estimated: $ 300

Islamic, Bronze

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Zangids of al-Mawsil. Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 683-690 / AD 1284-1291. Æ Dirham (24.5mm, 9.06 g, 9h). Citing the Ayyubid rulers al-Kamil Muhammad and al-Ashraf Musa as overlords. al-Mawsil mint. Dated AH 627 (AD 1229/30). 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 in five lines; name and titles of Nasir al-Din Mahmud in outer margin. Whelan Type III, 189-90; S&S Type 67; Album 1870.2. Dark brown patina. Near EF.

From the W. Toliver Besson Collection. Ex CNG Islamic Auction 10 (6 August 2025), lot 437.


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