Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1237. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Nur al-Din Muhammad. AH 570-581 / AD 1174-1185. Æ Dirhem (12.21 g, 6h). Dated AH 576 (AD 1180/1). Male figure, wearing conical headdress and holding globus, seated facing within arched canopy; winged genii on either side, AH date in fields / Name and titles of Nur al-Din Muhammad in four lines within square; name of Abbasid caliph in margins. Whelan Type II, 137-8; S&S Type 10; Album 1821.2. Good Fine, dark brown patina. Very rare.