204, Lot: 445. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirham (31mm, 14.90 g, 4h). Dated AH 598 (AD 1201/2). Draped male bust facing slightly left; stars flanking / Six line Kufic legend citing the ‘Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and the Ayyubid overlord al-Zahir Ghazi within double hexagram. S&S type 37; Album 1830.1. VF, green patina, earthen deposits.