CNG 97, Lot: 829. Estimate $400.
Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan. AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174. Æ Dirhem (31mm, 17.13 g, 6h). Unlisted (Hisn Kayfa or Amid) mint. Dated AH 556 (
in abjad system) (AD 1160/1). Draped bust facing slightly left, holding globus and scepter over shoulder;
abjad system date to left / Name, title, and genealogy of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in four lines and outer margins; floral design below. Whelan Type I, 117-8; S&S Type 4; Album 1820.4. Good VF, brown patina. Rare.
From the Warden Family Collection.
