CNG 94, Lot: 1614. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirhem (31mm, 12.56 g, 3h). Dated AH 599 (AD 1202/3). Diademed and draped half-length facing male bust; stars flanking; name of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan around / Name and titles of Ayyubid overlord al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I (Saladin) in five lines within six-pointed star; mint formula and AH date in outer margins. Whelan Type I; S&S Type 37.3; Album 1830.1. Good VF, brown patina.

From the J.-P. Righetti Collection.