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CNG 94, Lot: 1612. Estimate $200.
Sold for $281. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200. Æ Dirhem (31mm, 14.46 g, 12h). Dated AH 596 (AD 1199/1200). Turk, cross legged, seated facing, holding severed head and raised sword; name of Nur al-Din to right; ornamental in exergue / Name and titles the Abbasid caliph in three lines; names and titles of Ayyubid overlord in inner margin; name of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan and AH date in outer margin. Whelan Type IV; S&S Type 36.2; Album 1829.4. VF, brown patina.


From the J.-P. Righetti Collection.