Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 1112. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. 1201-1239. Æ Dirhem (10.95 g, 2h). Mardin mint. Dated 606 (1209/1210). Dionysos riding a leopard left / Three-line legend in transitional Kufic. S&S Type 39; Album 1830.3. VF, hard black patina, earthen highlights, hairline flan crack, slight bend to flan. A select example, struck on a large flan.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.