CNG 84, Lot: 1665. Estimate $500. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan. AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174. Æ Dirhem (30mm, 11.08 g, 11h). Dated AH 560 (AD 1164/5). Bareheaded and draped male bust, wearing long hair, facing slightly left; Shahada and name of Abbasid caliph around / Name and pedigree of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in four lines; AH date in left and right margins. Whelan Type III, 121-2; S&S Type 6; Album 1820.6. Good VF, dark green patina. Superb portrait.