CNG 97, Lot: 846. Estimate $150. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Timurtash. AH 516-547 / AD 1122-1152. Æ Dirhem (28mm, 13.46 g, 6h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Undated issue. Diademed Seleukid-style bust right; c/m:
laqab of Najm al-Din Alpi across neck / Name and titles of Husam al-Din Timurtash in three lines; genealogy in outer margins. Whelan Type I, 34-5 (examples with c/m); S&S Type 26 and pp. 76-7 (for c/m); Album 1827.2. VF, earthen dark brown patina.
From the Warden Family Collection.