124, Lot: 306. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Artuqids of Mardin. Qutb al-Din al-Ghazi II. 1176-1184 AD. Æ Dirhem (33mm, 16.57 g, 3h). Dated AH 579 (1183 AD). Diademed and draped facing Byzantine style busts, "nine and seventy and five hundred" to left / "Qutb al-Din bin/al-Nasir lil-Din/Commander of the Faithful/Cursed be he who dishonors this coin" in six lines across fields, "Najm al-Din bin" to left, "Husam al-Din" to right. S/S Type 32; Edhem 45; MWI 1034. VF, dark brown patina under red-brown.