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CNG 94, Lot: 1606. Estimate $400.
Sold for $400. 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 (28mm, 8.46 g, 6h). Dated AH 570 (AD 1174/5). Draped half-length facing bust; to right, winged figure standing left, holding bow; AH date to left / Name and pedigree of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in four lines; name of Abbasid caliph in left and right margins. Whelan Type IV, 123 and 125; S&S Type 8; Album 1820.8. VF, brown patina. Rare.


From the J.-P. Righetti Collection.