348, Lot: 777. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. 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 (30mm, 11.88 g, 4h). Dated AH 626 (AD 1223/4). Male figure, holding cup and dagger, seated side-saddle on leopard advancing left; name and titles of Artuq Arslan around / Name and title of the Caliph al-Mustansir in three lines; date flanking, name and titles of Ayyubid overlord al-Kamil Muhammad around. Whelan Type IX; S&S Type 45; Album 1830.3. VF, brown patina.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.