CNG 97, Lot: 864. Estimate $400. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200. Æ Dirhem (31mm, 13.10 g, 11h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 589 (Struck after 4 March AD 1193). Three standing figures around central female figure seated left in attitude of mourning / Name and titles of Abbasid caliph in three lines; name and titles of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan and AH date in outer margin. Whelan Type III, 54-6; S&S Type 35.1; Album 1829.3. EF, brown patina. Exceptional for issue.
From the Warden Family Collection.