323, Lot: 581. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200. Æ Dirhem (32mm, 14.33 g, 6h). Small draped bust facing, wearing Sasanian-style crown, and large Roman-style, diademed male head left; Arslan’s name and titles above / Name and titles of the Ayyubid overlord al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I (Saladin) in four lines and in margins. Whelan Type II; S&S Type 34; Album 1829.2. VF, green patina.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.