323, Lot: 603. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. 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 (26mm, 7.49 g, 9h). Dated AH 628 (AD 1225/6). Male figure seated facing with legs crossed, resting right hand on thigh and holding globe in left; stars flanking head, name of Artuq Arslan to outer left and right / Names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir and Ayyubid overlord al-Kamil Muhammad in five lines; date flanking. Whelan Type XI; S&S Type 46; Album 1830.9. VF, brown surfaces, obverse slightly off center.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.