258, Lot: 555. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Nur al-Din Muhammad. AH 570-581 / AD 1174-1185. Æ Dirhem (28mm, 12.94 g, 6h). Dated AH 571 (AD 1175/6). Angel facing, with right wing raised and left wing back, wearing nimbus crown and holding scroll over outstretched arms; AH date around / Legend in five lines, with titles and pedigree of Nur al-Din Muhammad; in margins, name of Abbasid caliph. S&S Type 9; Album 1821.1. VF, brown patina.