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CNG 97, Lot: 842. Estimate $200.
Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 597-619 / AD 1200-1222. Æ Dirhem (30mm, 9.56 g, 9h). Unlisted (Hisn Kayfa or Amid) mint. Dated AH 615 (AD 1218/9). Male figure, holding dagger and reins, on lion right; Artuqid tamgha to left; name of Abbasid caliph around / Name and title of Nasir al-Din Mahmud and Ayyubid overlord in three lines; name and titles of Abbasid caliph and AH date in ornamental chain around. Whelan Type II, 158-9; S&S Type 17.1; Album 1823.2. VF, earthen brown patina.


From the Warden Family Collection.