217, Lot: 493. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. 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 (30mm, 9.93 g, 5h). Mardin mint. Dated AH 599 (AD 1202/3). Centaur advancing right, head facing, drawing bow at mouth of dragon emerging from his tail; mint and date around / Name and titles of the Caliph al-Nasir an the Ayyubid overlord al-‘Adil Abu Bakr and territorial title of Artuq Arslan. S&S Type 38.1; Album 1830.2. Near VF, brown patina, minor roughness.

From the Alexandre de Barros Collection.