316, Lot: 465. Estimate $100. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Qutb al-Din Sukman II. AH 581-597 / AD 1185-1200. Æ Dirhem (28mm, 11.50 g, 7h). Dated AH 584 (AD 1188/9). Diademed, Roman-style heads back to back, appearing to stem from a single body; AH date above / Name and titles of Sukman II in four lines; marginal legend citing the Ayyubid overlord al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I (Saladin). Whelan Type II; S&S Type 13; Album 1822.2. VF, brown patina, flan bent.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.