Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1238. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $600. 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 (13.25 g, 12h). al-Hisn mint. Dated AH 578 (AD 1182/3). Diademed Seleukid-style head left; mint formula and AH date around / Name and titles of Nur al-Din Muhammad and name of Abbasid caliph in six lines; curse formula in left and right margins. Whelan Type III, 139-40; S&S Type 11; Album 1821.3. VF, dark brown patina.