CNG 84, Lot: 1677. Estimate $500. Sold for $490. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Najm al-Din Alpi. AH 547-572 / AD 1152-1176. Æ Dirhem (34mm, 12.45 g, 6h). Dated AH 559 (AD 1164/5). Draped male bust, wearing long hair and jeweled diadem, facing slightly left; name and title of Najm al-Din Alpi around / Facing Sasanian style bust; AH date in left and right fields. Whelan Type III, 42-3; S&S Type 29.2; Album 1827.4. EF, well centered and in excellent state of preservation for type.