323, Lot: 599. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirhem (28mm, 14.67 g, 6h). Dated AH 620 (AD 1224/5). Roman-style, bare head right; name and titles of Artuq Arslan around / Names of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Ayyubid overlord al-Kamil Muhammad in five lines; mint and date in margins. Whelan Type VI; S&S Type 43; Album 1830.7. VF, dark brown patina, earthen deposits.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.