97, Lot: 230. Estimate $100. Sold for $109. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES. Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. 1201-1239 AD. Æ Dirhem (29mm, 6.49 gm). Dated AH 628 (1230/31 AD). Turkish style figure seated on low throne, holding globe (Jupiter); legend citing Artuq Arslan (begins on the right) / Five line legend citing the Abbasid caliph al-Mustansir and the Ayyubid sultan al-Kamil. S/S 46 variety (obverse legend); Edhem 97; Album 1830.9. Good VF, dark brown patina, overstruck on S/S 45 (panther rider). 

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 41 (19 March 1997), lot 2713.