316, Lot: 486. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. 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, 15.09 g, 7h). Dated AH 596 (AD 1199/1200). Turk seated facing with legs crossed, holding sword and severed head; floral spray to left, ornament in exergue / Legend in three lines citing the Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir; names and titles of two Ayyubid overlords, titles of Artuq Arslan, and AH date around. Whelan Type IV; S&S Type 36.3; Album 1829.4. Good Fine, brown patina.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.