424, Lot: 592. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Najm al-Din Alpi. AH 547-572 / AD 1152-1176. Æ Dirham (29mm, 12.67 g, 7h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Undated issue. Diademed Seleukid-style bust right; laqab of Alpi across neck / Name and titles of Najm al-Din Alpi in three lines; genealogy in outer margins. Whelan Type I, 37-8; S&S Type 27; Album 1827.2; ICV 1200. VF, green-brown patina, some roughness on reverse.

From the Peter Tompa Collection, purchased from Wayne G. Sayles, 30 December 2013.