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1388. M u ' i z z al Din Sanjar Shah. JE Dirhem (33.00 gm). AH 600 (1203/1204 AD), al Jazira mint. Zengid tamgha with annulets in scalloped border, the laqab, ism and nasab of Sanjar Shah around / Four line legend with the name and titles of the Abbasid Caliph; mint and date around. S / S 86.1 (plate coin); BMC ffl 642. Good VF, brown patina. ($250)
1392. al Mu'azzam Mahmud. JE Dirhem (17.54 gm). AH 606 (1209/1210 AD), al Jazira mint. Half length facing female bust holding crescent with tamgha (Luna), the laqab, ism and nasab of Mahmud around / Five line legend with the name and titles of the Abbasid Caliph and the Ayyubid sultan al Adil; mint and date around ("Jazi ra" along the right hand edge and top edge. S/S87.1; BMC m 648. Near VF, brown patina. ($125)
The largest and heaviest of the Turkoman bronzes.
1393. al Mu'azzam Mahmud. JE Dirhem (15.53 gm). AH 618 (1221/1222 AD), al Jazira mint. Half length facing female bust holding crescent with tamgha (Luna), the laqab, ism and nasab of Mahmud around / Five line legend with the name and titles of the Abbasid Caliph and the Ayyubid sultans al Kamil and al Ashraf; mint and date around. S / S 88 (plate coin); Edhem 176. Near VF, brown patina. ($150) 1389. Mu'izz al Din Sanjar Shah. JE Dirhem (34.29 gm). AH 600 (1203/1204 AD), al Jazira mint. Zengid tamgha with annulets in scalloped border, the laqab, ism and nasab of Sanjar Shah around / Four line legend with the name and titles of the Abbasid Caliph; mint and date around. S / S 86.1; BMC ffl 642. Good VF, brown patina. ($200)
1390. al Mu'azzam Mahmud. 1209-1251. JE Dirhem (15.04 gm). AH 606 (1209/1210 AD), al Jazira mint. Half length facing female bust holding erescent with tamgha (Luna), the laqab, ism and nasab of Mahmud around / Five line legend with the name and titles of the Abbasid Caliph and the Ayyubid sultan al Adil; mint and date around ("Jazira" in full along the right hand edge. S / S 87.1 (plate coin); Edhem 174. Good VF, glossy black patina. ($200)
1391. al Mu'azzam Mahmud. JE Dirhem (16.47 gm). AH 606 (1209/1210 AD), al Jazira mint. Half length facing female bust holding crescent with tamgha (Luna), the laqab, ism and nasab of Mahmud around / Five line legend with the name and titles of the Abbasid Caliph and the Ayyubid sultan al Adil; mint and date around ("]azi ra" along the right hand edge and top edge. S / S 87.1; BMC HI 648. Good VF, dark green patina. ($200)
1394. al Mu'azzam Mahmud. JE Dirhem (18.41 gm). AH 618 (1221/1222 AD), al Jazira mint. Half length facing female bust holding crescent with tamgha (Luna), the laqab, ism and nasab of Mahmud around / Five line legend with the name and titles of the Abbasid Caliph and the Ayyubid sultans al Kamil and al Ashraf; mint and date around. S/S 88; Edhem 176. Near VF, dark brown patina. Heavier than other specimens in published collections. ($150)
1395. al Mu'azzam Mahmud. JE Dirhem (10.29 gm). AH 639 (1241/1242 AD), al Jazira mint. Zengid tamgha, the laqab, ism and nasab of Mahmud and his heir al Zahir around / Three line legend with the name and titles of the Abbasid Caliph and the Seljuq ruler Kaikhusrau Î ; mint and date around. S/S 89 (plate coin); Edhem 177. VF, red-brown patina. ($150) al Zahir must halte pre-deceased hisfather,for when Malrnud died in 1251 he was sueceeded by al Malik al Mas'ud Shahanshan who, despite being the son-in-law of Badr al Din Lulu, was deposed and drowned by him later that year. This last coin of the Zengids ofal Jazira is also thefirst to acknowledge the coming of a growing power in the eastern world, the Seljuqs of Rum.
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