306, Lot: 476. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. 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 (32mm, 15.92 g, 3h). Confronted draped male busts; laqab in Naskh above and below, tamgha to lower left / Theotokos (Virgin Mary) standing right facing, crowning Byzantine emperor standing left facing; legends giving the name and pedigree of Alpi in Naskh. Whelan Type II, 40-1; S&S Type 28; Album 1827.3. Near VF, brown surfaces, rubbed on the high points.