CNG 97, Lot: 845. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Khartpert). Imad al-Din Abu Bakr. AH 581-600 / AD 1185-1203. Æ Dirhem (30mm, 9.94 g, 9h). Unlisted (Khartpert[?]) mint. Dated AH 582 (AD 1186/7). Figure, holding neck and tail, on dragon left / Name, title, and genealogy of Imad al-Din Abu Bakr, and name and title of Abbasid caliph in five lines; AH date in left and right outer margins. Whelan Type I, 164-6; S&S Type 21.1; Album 1825.1. Good VF, attractive earthen green and brown patina, a few minor cleaning scratches.

From the Warden Family Collection. Ex Henry Chitwood Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 73, 13 September 2006), lot 1100.