CNG 94, Lot: 1605. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan. AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174. Æ Dirhem (27mm, 8.14 g, 12h). Dated AH 559 (AD 1163/4). Crowned, bearded, and draped half-length facing bust; AH date around / Clean-shaven half-length figure facing slightly left; name and title of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in outer margin. Whelan Type II, 119-20; S&S Type 5; Album 1820.5. VF, brown patina. Very rare.

From the J.-P. Righetti Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 84 (5 May 2010), lot 1664.