CNG 84, Lot: 1681. Estimate $200. Sold for $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200. Æ Dirhem (31mm, 14.26 g, 6h). Small draped facing bust, wearing Sasanian-style crown and large diademed Roman-style male head left; name and title of Husam al-Din above / Legend in four lines citing the Abbasid caliph; name and title of Ayyubid overlord to right and left. Whelan Type II, 52-53; S&S Type 34; Album 1829.2. Good VF, black patina with earthen overtones.