323, Lot: 564. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan. AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174. Æ Dirhem (25mm, 7.31 g, 6h). Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Partial mint formula and name and pedigree of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in four lines and margins. Whelan Type VII; S&S Type 1; Album 1820.1. Fine, rough brown surfaces, significant obverse die breaks.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.

The reverse legend bears the denomination dirhem, thus confirming that the Turkomen large copper coins were dirhems and not fulus.