445, Lot: 563. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200. Æ Dirham (29.5mm, 10.49 g, 12h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 584 (AD 1188/9). Diademed and draped half-length facing male bust, hand across chest; name and titles of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan around / Name of Ayyubid overlord (al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I [Saladin]) in five lines within pelleted hexagram; first part of mint formula and AH date in outer margins. Whelan Type I, 50-1; S&S Type 33.5; Album 1829.1; ICV 1206. Near VF, brown surfaces, earthen deposits.

From the Johnson Family Collection, purchased from Numismatic Fine Arts (Joel Malter), 11 March 1964.