CNG 97, Lot: 832. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Nur al-Din Muhammad. AH 570-581 / AD 1174-1185. Æ Dirhem (31mm, 11.24 g, 6h). Unlisted (Hisn Kayfa or Amid) mint. Dated AH 576 (AD 1180/1). Male figure, wearing conical headdress and holding globus, seated facing within arched canopy; winged genii on either side, AH date in fields / Name and titles of Nur al-Din Muhammad in four lines within square; name of Abbasid caliph in left and right outer margins. Whelan Type II, 137-8; S&S Type 10; Album 1821.2. VF, earthen dark brown patina. Rare.
From the Warden Family Collection.