CNG 109, Lot: 795. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II. AH 572-580 / AD 1176-1184. Æ Dirham (33mm, 15.26 g, 2h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 579 (AD 1183/4). Two Byzantine-style diademed and draped facing busts, resembling the coins of Heraclius and his son; AH date in margin / Name of Abbasid caliph, partial mint formula and name and pedigree of Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II in five lines across field and in margins. Whelan Type I, 46-7; S&S Type 32.3; Album 1828.2; ICV 1205. EF, attractive brown patina with earthen overtones. Exceptional for type.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 84 (5 May 2010), lot 1679; Album FPL 168 (March 2001), no. 107.