CNG 97, Lot: 843. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. 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 (25mm, 7.10 g, 5h). Amid mint. Dated AH 617 (AD 1220/1). Double-headed eagle with wings displayed; all within floral quadrilobe; name and titles of Nasir al-Din Mahmud within petals of quadrilobe; continuation of name in outer margin / Name and title of Ayyubid overlord in two lines; all within hexagram; mint formula and AH date in angles of hexagram; name and titles of Abbasid caliph in outer margins. Whelan Type IC, 154-5; S&S Type 18; Album 1823.3. VF, brown patina.

From the Warden Family Collection.