316, Lot: 495. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirhem (24mm, 7.89 g, 2h). Dated AH 628 (AD 1225/6). Male figure seated facing with legs crossed, resting right hand on thigh and holding globe in left; stars flanking head, name of Artuq Arslan to outer left and right / Names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir and Ayyubid overlord al-Kamil Muhammad in five lines; AH date flanking. Whelan Type XI; S&S Type 46; Album 1830.9. VF, dark green patina.
From the J.P. Righetti Collection.