104, Lot: 230. Estimate $75. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES. Artuqids of Mardin. Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II. AH 572-580 (1176-1184 AD). Æ Dirhem (33mm, 14.25 gm, 1h). Two diademed and draped busts facing, larger figure has dishevelled hair, smaller figure wears close-fitting hat / Five-line Kufic legend. Spengler & Sayles 32.1; Edhem 43-44. Near VF, brown patina, earthen encrustation.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.