CNG 84, Lot: 1663. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan. AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174. Æ Dirhem (29mm, 18.41 g, 12h). Dated AH 556 (Abjad System) (AD 1160/1). Draped bust facing slightly left, holding globus and scepter over shoulder; Abjad system date to left / Name of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in four lines and in margins; floral design in exergue. Whelan Type I, 117-8; S&S Type 4; Album 1820.4. Near EF, brown patina. Well centered obverse, well struck for issue.