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CNG 97, Lot: 867. Estimate $200.
Sold for $400. 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 (31mm, 15.93 g, 2h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 596 (AD 1199/1200). Turk, in military outfit and cross legged, seated facing, holding severed head and raised sword; name and title of Nur al-Din Arslan Shah to left; ornamental scrollwork in exergue / Name and titles of Abbasid caliph in three lines; names and titles of Ayyubid overlord in inner margin; name of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan and AH date in outer margin. Whelan Type IV, 58 (for rev.); S&S Type 36.1; Album 1829.4. Good VF, brown patina with brass highlights.


From the Warden Family Collection.