211, Lot: 494. Estimate $150. Sold for $136. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirhem (29mm, 10.73 g, 2h). Mardin mint. Dated AH 606 (AD 1203/4). Male figure seated sidesaddle on leopard left, holding dagger and cup; name of Nasir with title “Malik Diyarbakr” around / Name of Caliph al-Nasir in three lines across fields; AH date in voids; name and title of Ayyubid overlord al-Adil Saif al-Din Abu Bakri ibn Ayyub, and mint name in outer margin. S&S Type 39; Album 1830.3. VF, brown patina, minor roughness.

Ex Elsen 966 (14 June 2008), lot 1718.