CNG 99, Lot: 960. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Nur al-Din Muhammad. AH 570-581 / AD 1174-1185. Æ Dirhem (28mm, 14.16 g, 5h). Unlisted (Hisn Kayfa or Amid) mint. Dated AH 571 (AD 1175/6). Angel with right wing raised standing facing, holding serpent; AH date to right and left / Name, title, and genealogy of Nur al-Din Muhammad in five lines; name of Abbasid caliph in left and right outer margins. Whelan Type I, 135-6; S&S Type 9; Album 1821.1. Near EF, attractive brown surfaces, old light scratches in field on obverse. Exceptional for type.