CNG 97, Lot: 871. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirhem (30mm, 10.81 g, 12h). Mardin mint. Dated AH 606 (AD 1209/10). Male figure side-saddle on leopard left; name and titles of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan in outer margin / Name and titles of Abbasid caliph in three lines; mint formula and AH date in outer margins. Whelan Type III, 64-5; S&S Type 39; Album 1830.3. Good VF, coppery surfaces, area of weak strike.
From the Warden Family Collection.