Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1239. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Qutb al-Din Sukman II. AH 581-597 / AD 1185-1200. Æ Dirhem (11.55 g, 6h). al-Hisn mint. Dated AH 581 (AD 1185/6). Sassanian-style bust (Shahpur I) left; mint formula and AH date in fields / Name and titles of Qutb al-Din Sukman II in four lines within square; names of Abbasid caliph and Ayyubid overlord in margins. Whelan Type I, 141-2; S&S Type 12; Album 1822.1. Good Fine, dark brown patina.