323, Lot: 565. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. 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 (29mm, 10.43 g, 5h). Dated AH 560 (AD 1164/5). Bareheaded and draped male bust, wearing long hair, facing slightly left; Shahada and name of Abbasid caliph around / Name and pedigree of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in four lines; date in left and right margins. Whelan Type III; S&S Type 6; Album 1820.6. Near VF, black patina, worn though on high points.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.