245, Lot: 456. Estimate $100. Sold for $202. 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, 11.51 g, 9h). Mardin mint. Dated 599 AH (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. Good VF, dark green patina.