CNG 94, Lot: 1622. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Begtiginids. Muzaffar al-Din Kökburi. AH 563-630 / AD 1167-1233. Æ Dirhem (29mm, 10.83 g, 3h). Unnamed (Irbil) mint. Struck circa AH 583-586 / AD 1188-1192. Enthroned figure facing, holding globe; name and titles of Muzaffar al-Din Kökburi around / Name and title of Ayyubid overlord in three lines within pelleted square; continuation of name and title in outer margins. Whelan type III, 251 and 253; CMM 826-36; Album 1888.1. VF, earthen brown patina. Rare.

From the J.-P. Righetti Collection.