Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 1110. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $285. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Artuqids of Mardin. Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. 1184-1201. Æ Dirhem (17.79 g, 7h). With Nur al-Din. Dated 596 (1199/1200). Facing, helmeted Turk seated cross-legged, holding sword and severed head / Three-line legend in transitional Kufic within two concentric circles of legend. S&S Type 36.1; Album 1829.4. VF, dark brown patina, traces of earthen deposits.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.