Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 1119. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Danishmendids of Sivas. Nisam al-Din Yaghi Basan. 1142-1164. Æ Dirhem (9.03 g, 6h). Name of Nisam al-Din Yaghi Basan in three lines across fields / Diademed and draped bust right; titles continued in outer margin. Cf. Whelan pl. 17, 11; Album 1245. VF, black-green and brown patina. Rare.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.