CNG 85, Lot: 1318. Estimate $300. Sold for $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Rum. Rukn al-Din Mas'ud I. AH 510-551 / AD 1116-1156. Æ Fals (22mm, 3.64 g, 3h). Half-length facing bust of Byzantine emperor, wearing loros, holding sword or labarum and globus cruciger, cross composed of four pellets / Name and titles of Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw I in four lines. Cf. CMM 1599; Album 1192. Near VF, brown patina with earthen deposits. Rare.