al-Iskandariya - 567 AH

ZANGIDS OF SYRIA: Nur al-Din Mahmud, 1146-1174, AV dinar (4.18g), al-Iskandariya (Alexandria), AH567, A-1849, Ashmolean-854, Balog-4, "bull's eye" design (three concentric margins both sides), citing the caliph al-Hasan (= al-Mustadi) in the obverse center, the Zangid ruler Muhammad b. Zangi in the reverse center, some waviness and minor double-striking, fully legible on both sides, VF to EF, RR, ex Gamal Amer Collection, ex Islamic Coin Auction 14, Lot 220. Actually struck by order of ...

Lot 805