Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1241. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Najm al-Din Alpi. AH 547-572 / AD 1152-1176. Æ Dirhem (11.11 g, 11h). Diademed Seleukid-style bust right; “Najm al-Din” across neck / Name, title, and pedigree of Najm al-Din Alpi in four lines and in margins. Whelan Type I, 37-8; S&S Type 27; Album 1827.2. VF, black-green patina with traces of earthen deposits.