ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Jazira). Mu'izz al-Din Sanjar Shah. AH 576-605 / AD 1180-1208. Æ Dirhem (32mm, 16.73 g, 2h). Dated AH 585 (AD 1189/90). Draped bust facing slightly left, with hair in fore-knot; name and titles of Sanjar Shar around / Four-line legend citing the Abbasid Calip al-Nasir and the Ayyubid overlord al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I (Saladin); date in margins. Whelan Type I; S&S Type 85.2; Album 1882. VF, black patina with areas of red.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection.