Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1242. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009. Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Najm al-Din Alpi. AH 547-572 / AD 1152-1176. Æ Dirhem (10.65 g, 8h). Dated AH 558 (AD 1163/4). Draped male bust, wearing long hair and jeweled diadem, facing slightly left; name and title of Najm al-Din Alpi around / Facing Sasanian style bust; AH date in left and right fields. Whelan Type III, 42-3; S&S Type 29.1; Album 1827.4. Near VF, dark brown patina.