316, Lot: 479. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II. AH 572-580 / AD 1176-1184. Æ Dirhem (32mm, 16.18 g, 1h). Dated AH 577 (AD 1181/2). Two Byzantine-style, diademed and draped facing busts, similar to that found on coinage of Heraclius and his son; AH date above / Name of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir, partial mint formula and name and pedigree of Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi in five lines across field and in margins. Whelan Type I; S&S Type 32.1; Album 1828.2. VF, brown patina, minor scratches and deposits.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.