Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1240. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $425. 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 (12.07 g, 2h). Dated AH 594 (AD 1198/9). Nimbate half-length male bust facing slightly right, wearing sharbush and holding scepter and globus; AH date around / Name, title, and pedigree of Qutb al-Din Sukman II in four lines; name of Abbasid caliph in margins. Whelan Type III, 146-8; S&S Type 14; Album 1822.3. Good VF, dark brown patina, light scratches on obverse.