106, Lot: 289. Estimate $75. Sold for $53. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES. Artuqids of Mardin. Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. AH 580-597 (1184-1201 AD). Æ Dirhem (23mm, 12.51). "Husam al-Din Malik Diyarbakr" above, Byzantine-style bust facing and large laureate head of Nero left / "al-Malik al-Nasir/Salah al-Din/Muhiyy dawla/Commander of the Faithful" in four lines across field; Yusuf bin Ayyub in right and left field. Spengler & Sayles 34; Edhem 47-52. VF, dark green patina with earthen highlights.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.