Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1934. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Danishmendids (Malatyah). Nasir al-Din Muhammad. First reign, AH 557-565 / AD 1162-1170. Æ Dirhem (11.35 g, 6h). Name of Nasir al-Din Muhammad in four lines across fields / Byzantine emperor, wearing loros, standing facing, holding labarum and bein crowned by Theotokos; ornate design above; date in fields. Whelan 25-7; CMM -; Album 1241.1. Near VF, brown patina.

Cf. SB 1961 for prototype of this coin’s reverse