316, Lot: 482. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. 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, 14.71 g, 7h). Small draped facing bust, wearing Sasanian-style crown, and large diademed, Roman-style male head left; Arslan’s name and title above / Name and titles of the Ayyubid overlord al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I (Saladin) in four lines and in margins. Whelan Type II; S&S Type 34; Album 1829.2. VF, brown patina, cleaning marks and light tooling.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.