Watch List notes:

Zangids of Syria. Nur al-Din Mahmud. AH 541-569 / AD 1146-1173. Æ Dirham (26mm, 5.14 g, 6h). Unnamed [Halab (Aleppo)] mint. Two Byzantine-style figures standing facing, holding labarum set upon three steps between them / Christ Pantokrator standing facing. Whelan Type II, 202-5; S&S Type 73; Album 1850; ICV 1265. Orangish earthen black-green patina. VF.

Ex Grün 64 (Part I, 20 November 2014), lot 2299; reportedly ex Prof. Dr. Peter Robert Franke Collection.