Rare Begtiginid Dirhem

316, Lot: 517. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Begtiginids. Muzaffar al-Din Kökburi. AH 563-630 / AD 1167-1233. Æ Dirhem (26mm, 12.73 g, 12h). Arbil mint. Dated AH 587 (AD 1191/2). Bareheaded and draped bust left; name and titles of Muzaffar al-Din Kökburi around / Name and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir in four lines “Allah” above, mint formula and AH date in margins. Whelan Type I; CMM –; Album 1888.2. Near VF, brown patina. Rare.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.