CNG 97, Lot: 851. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Najm al-Din Alpi. AH 547-572 / AD 1152-1176. Æ Dirhem (31mm, 11.11 g, 6h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 558 (AD 1163/4). Diademed and draped male bust, wearing long hair, facing slightly left; name and titles of Najm al-Din Alpi around / Facing Sasanian style bust; AH date in left and right fields; genealogy of Najm al-Din Alpi around. Whelan Type III, 42-3; S&S Type 29.2; Album 1827.4. EF, orange earthen black-green patina.

From the Warden Family Collection.