Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1243. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $200. 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 (10.66 g, 5h). Struck AH 560-566 (AD 1164-1170). Two diademed male heads facing slightly away from one another; in margins, Kalima above and below, name of Abbasid caliph to right and left / Female head facing; name and pedigree of Najm al-Din Alpi around. Whelan Type IV, 44-5; S&S Type 30.1; Album 1827.5. VF, dark brown patina with traces of earthen deposits.