289, Lot: 483. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II. AH 572-580 / AD 1176-1184. Æ Dirhem (31mm, 10.86 g, 7h). Diademed head right, looking upward, within beaded square / Name and titles of Il-Ghazi in Naskhi script. Whelan type II, 48-9; S&S Type 31.1; Album 1828.1. VF, dark green patina under a layer of earthen deposits.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 211, lot 490.

The obverse design is influenced by coins of Constantine the Great depicting the emperor gazing upwards.