CNG 97, Lot: 900. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Lu'lu'ids. Badr al-Din Lu'lu. AH 631-657 / AD 1234-1259. Æ Dirhem (25mm, 8.07 g, 9h). al-Mawsil mint. Dated AH 655 (AD 1257/8). Crowned Turkish female figure, holding crescent-circle, seated facing between two stars; mint formula and AH date around / Kalima and name and titles of Abbasid caliph in five lines; name and titles of Badr al-Din Lu'lu in outer margin. Whelan Type V, 195-6; S&S Type 71.2; Album 1874.2. Good VF, brown patina.

From the Warden Family Collection.