Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 1092. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $650. 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 (10.03 g, 6h). Facing bust of Christ enthroned / Arabic legend in three lines. S&S Type 2.2b var. (obverse numerals); Album 1820.2. VF, brown patina, slight roughness. Very rare.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.