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Very Rare Pictorial Dirham

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1732. Estimate $750. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007. 
Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Begtiginids. Muzaffar al-Din Kökburi. AH 563-630 / AD 1167-1233. Æ Dirham (11.62 g, 6h). Arbil mint. Dated AH 587 (AD 1191/2). Name and titles of Abbasid calipf al-Nasir al-Din Allah in four lines across field; “Allah” above; mint formula and AH date in outer margin / Bareheaded and draped bust left; name and titles of Muzaffar al-Din Kökburi in outer margin. Whelan type I, 246; CMM -; Album 1888.2 var. (bust right). VF, brown surfaces, minor roughness. Very rare.