409, Lot: 806. Estimate $100. Sold for $86. 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 Dirham (28mm, 12.33 g, 2h). Unnamed (Mardin?) mint. Dated AH 620 (AD 1223/4). Julio-Claudian-style bare head right; name and titles of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan around / Names and titles of Abbasid caliph and Ayyubid overlord in five lines; partial mint formula and AH date in margins. Whelan Type VI, 74-5; S&S Type 43; Album 1830.7; ICV 1217. VF, earthen black-green patina.

From the Norman Frank Collection, purchased from Pegasi Numismatics.