Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Syria). al-Malik al-Salih Isma'il, AH 569-577 / AD 1173-1181. Dirham (Silver, 20 mm, 2.83 g, 4 h), citing the Zangid ruler Ismai'l ibn Mahmud and the Abbasid caliph al-Mustadi, Halab, AH 573 = AD 1177/8. Album 1852. Rare. Struck on a somewhat short flan and with some marks, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the Dr. David Majer Collection of Islamic coins and from the R. A. Cannito Collection, Album E-Auction 9, 12 April 2021, 50.