207, Lot: 467. Estimate $100. Sold for $155. 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 (32mm, 16.15 g, 4h). Dated AH 623 (AD 1220/1). Draped male bust facing; name and titles of the Seljuq sultan Ala al-Din Kay Qubadh around / Names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir and Artuq Arslan; date in margin; all within circular border. S&S Type 44; Album 1830.8. Near VF, red-brown patina, surfaces a little rough, overstruck on uncertain an type. Rare.

Struck the year of the Calip al-Mustansir’s accession.