346, Lot: 580. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. 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, 4.78 g, 1h). Dated AH 618 (AD 1221/2). Draped male bust facing slightly left, wearing taenia; mint formula and AH date on either side / Name and titles of Ayyubid sultan of Egypt and Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan in five lines; name of Abassid caliph in outer margins. Whelan Type IVB, 68-70; S&S Type 42.1; Album 1830.6. Near VF, brown surfaces.