CNG 97, Lot: 837. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Qutb al-Din Sukman II. AH 581-597 / AD 1185-1200. Æ Dirhem (30mm, 11.69 g, 2h). Unlisted (Hisn Kayfa or Amid) mint. Dated AH 594 (AD 1198/9). Nimbate half-length male bust facing slightly right, wearing sharbush and holding scepter and globus; AH date around / Name, title, and genealogy of Qutb al-Din Sukman II in four lines; name of Abbasid caliph in margins. Whelan Type III, 146-8; S&S Type 14; Album 1822.3. Good VF, brown patina.

From the Warden Family Collection.