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LOT 3670
Anatolia and al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Sinjar), Qutb al-Din Muhammad AE Dirham. AH 594-616 (AD 1197-1219).
Sinjar mint. Dated AH 596 (AD 1199/1200). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed male Roman-style bust to left, holding spear or sceptre over shoulder and shield; tamgha before, mint name and AH date around / Names and titles of Abbasid caliph al-Nasir and Qutb al-Din Muhammad bin Zengi in five lines across field; name continued to right and left; Zengid tamgha below. Whelan Type II, 228-9; S&S 81.1; Album 1880.2; ICV 1275. Near Very Fine.(9.76gr, 26mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3670
Anatolia and al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Sinjar), Qutb al-Din Muhammad AE Dirham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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