346, Lot: 579. Estimate $75. Sold for $50. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirhem (32mm, 12.71 g, 3h). Dated AH 598 (AD 1201/2). Draped facing Turkic male bust with hair dishevelled; stars flanking / Name and titles of Abbasid caliph in four lines; all within six-pointed star; mint formula and AH date in outer margins. Whelan Type I, 59-60; S&S Type 37.1; Album 1830.1. Near VF, dark brown patina with hard green, active in spots, thick earthen deposits around edge.