323, Lot: 567. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 597-619 / AD 1200-1222. Æ Dirhem (28mm, 14.00 g, 1h). al-Hisn mint. Dated AH 610 (AD 1213/4). Double-headed eagle with [Artuqid tamgha] on breast; date to left, mint to right / Kufic legend citing Mahmud, his grandfather Artuq, the Ayyubid overlord Abu Bakr, and the Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir. Whelan Type IA; S&S Type 15; Album 1823.1. VF, dark green patina.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.