Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 1123. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Seljuqs of Rum. ’Ala al-Din Kay Qubadh I. 1220-1237. Æ Fals (9.66 g, 10h). Siwas . St. George right on horseback, slaying Dragon / Name and title of ’Ala al-Din Kay Qubadh in four lines across fields. Cf. BN Seljuq 1752; MWI -; Album 1213A. VF, brown surfaces, light roughness. Overstruck on uncertain undertype. Extremely rare.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.