217, Lot: 489. Estimate $100. Sold for $62. 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 (30mm, 12.10 g, 6h). Struck AH 560-566 (AD 1164-1171). Two diademed male heads facing slightly away from one another; Kalima above and below, name of Abbasid Caliph to right and left / Female head facing; name and pedigree of Najm al-Din Alpi around. S&S Type 30.1; Album 1827.5. VF, green-brown patina under a layer of earthen deposits.

From the Alexandre de Barros Collection.