255, Lot: 383. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Najm al-Din Alpi. AH 547-572 / AD 1152-1176. Æ Dirhem (34mm, 15.23 g, 12h). Draped male busts, vis-à-vis; name and title of Najm al-Din Alpi around; tamgha to lower left / Byzantine emperor standing facing being crowned by the Theotokos standing facing; continuation of titles and genealogy around. Whelan Type II, 40-41; S&S Type 28; Album 1827.3. Near EF, green patina with earthen overtones. Well centered on a broad flan.