Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 1090. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Artuqids of Hisn Kayfa and Amid. Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan. 1144-1174. Æ Dirhem (5.05 g, 5h). Facing bust of Christ Pantocrator / Arabic legend in four lines. S&S Type 1; Album 1820.1. VF, brown and black patina, cleaning scratches, areas of flat strike. Very rare.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.