264, Lot: 562. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. 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 (26mm, 10.75 g, 6h). Mardin mint. Dated AH 635 (AD 1236/7). 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. S&S type 47.2; Album 1830.10. VF, brown patina.

From the Fredy Vortisch Collection.