CNG 97, Lot: 866. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200. Æ Dirhem (30mm, 13.07 g, 8h). 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; eight-rayed star to left / Name and titles of Abbasid caliph in three lines; name and title of Ayyubid overlord, Saif al-Din Abu Bakr in margins; name and titles of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan and AH date in outer margin. Whelan Type III, p. 97; S&S Type 35.2; Album 1829.3. VF, brown patina.

From the Warden Family Collection.