CNG 97, Lot: 857. Estimate $400. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II. AH 572-580 / AD 1176-1184. Æ Dirhem (33mm, 15.65 g, 6h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 577 (AD 1181/2). Two Byzantine-style draped and cuirassed facing busts; AH date above and to left / Name of Abbasid caliph, Artuqid tamgha, and curse formula in five lines; name and genealogy of Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II in margins. Cf. Whelan Type I, 46-7 (for type); S&S Type 32.1; Album 1828.2. EF, green and brown patina.

From the Warden Family Collection.