294, Lot: 892. Estimate $250. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Khartpert). Imad al-Din Abu Bakr. AH 581-600 / AD 1185-1203. Æ Dirhem (18mm, 3.00 g, 11h). Dated AH 592 (AD 1195/6). Draped Romano-Byzantine-style bust left / Ruler’s laqab, ism, and nasab in three lines within frame; date in margin. S&S Type 23; Album 1825.3. Near VF, dark brown patina, earthen highlights. Extremely rare.

Ex J. S. Wagner Collection (Triton XII, 6 January 2009), lot 1259 (part of).