Zangids, 'Izz al-Din Mas'ud I (AH 576-589 / AD 1180-1193) Æ Dirhem. Al-Mawsil, AH 585 = AD 1189/90. Crowned figure seated facing, holding crescent-circle; stars across fields, mint and date around / Kalima and name and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir and Abbasid heir 'Uddat al-Din Abu Nasr Muhammad in five lines; name and titles of Ayyubid overlord al-Nasr Yusuf (Saladin) and Mas'ud I in margins. Whelan Type II; S&S Type 63.1; Album 1863.2. 11.96g, 27mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Ex J. P. Righetti Collection, CNG 323, 26 March 2014, lot 618.