211, Lot: 497. Estimate $100. Sold for $217. 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, 6.65 g, 2h). Mardin mint. Dated AH 634 (AD 1236/7). Male figure seated facing, legs crossed, resting hand on thigh and holding globus; legend citing the Seljuk overlord Kaikhurau around / Legend citing the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir and Artuq Arslan; mint and date in margin. S&S Type 48.1; Album 1830.11. VF, dark brown patina, some roughness.

Ex Elsen 96 (14 June 2008), lot 1721.