CNG 97, Lot: 868. 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 (31mm, 16.35 g, 6h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 596 (AD 1199/1200). Turk, in military outfit and cross legged, seated facing, holding severed head and raised sword; to left, floral spray containing three buds or flowers (roses or pomegrantes; 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 pp. 103-4; S&S Type 36.3; Album 1829.4. VF, earthen brown patina.

From the Warden Family Collection.