CNG 97, Lot: 828. Estimate $500. Sold for $320. 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 (33mm, 13.43 g, 12h). Unlisted (Hisn Kayfa or Amid) mint. Undated issue. Victory advancing right, holding tablet inscribed VOT/XXX; traces of SIX in exergue / Name, title, and genealogy of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in four lines and outer margins. Whelan Type V, 127-8; S&S Type 3; Album 1820.3. VF, earthen green patina. Rare.

From the Warden Family Collection.