335, Lot: 695. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan. AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174. Æ Dirhem (30mm, 8.48 g, 6h). Unnamed (Hisn Kayfa or Amid) mint. Dated AH 560 (AD 1164/5). Bareheaded and draped male bust, wearing long hair, facing slightly left; Shahada and name of Abbasid caliph around / Name, title, and genealogy of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in four lines; AH date in left and right outer margins. Whelan Type III, 121-2; S&S Type 6; Album 1820.6. VF, brown patina.
From the Warden Family Collection.