CNG 84, Lot: 1686. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. 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 (28mm, 11.52 g, 5h). Mardin mint. Dated AH 633 (AD 1235/6). Draped facing male solar bust; name and title of Seljuq of Rum overlord around / Names of Abbasid caliph and Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan in five lines; partial mint formula and AH date in margins. Whelan Type XII, 87-8; S&S type 47.2; Album 1830.10. Good VF, brown patina, traces of earthen overtones on obverse. Superb obverse for type.