CNG 94, Lot: 1609. Estimate $200. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 597-619 / AD 1200-1222. Æ Dirhem (29mm, 14.42 g, 8h). Amid mint. Dated AH 614 (AD 1211/12). Double-headed eagle displayed on ornamental base, with human heads on the wings; mint name and AH date in right and left fields; name an title of Nasir in outer margin / Name and title of Seljuq of Rum overlord in four lines; name and title of Abbasid caliph al-Nasir around. Whelan Type IA, 149-50; S&S Type 16; Album 1823.1. Good VF, dark green patina, obverse slightly off-center.

From the J.-P. Righetti Collection.