335, Lot: 698. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Timurtash. AH 516-547 / AD 1122-1152. Æ Dirhem (26mm, 6.79 g, 9h). Mardin mint. Dated AH 54[3(?)] (AD 1147/8). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed late Roman-style bust right, wearing beard; mint formula and AH date in outer margin / Name, titles, and genealogy of Husam al-Din Timurtash in three lines; name and titles of Husam al-Din Timurtash and his support for the Abbasid caliph in outer margin. Whelan –; S&S Type 25; Album 1826.2. Near VF, brown patina.

From the Warden Family Collection.