323, Lot: 605. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. 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 (30mm, 10.81 g, 6h). Mardin mint. Dated AH 635 (AD 1237/8). Male figure seated facing with legs crossed, resting right hand on thigh and holding globe in left; name and titles of the Seljuk overlord around / Legend in five lines citing the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir and Artuq Arslan; mint and date in margins. Whelan Type XIII; S&S Type 48.2; Album 1830.11. VF, brown surfaces.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.