148, Lot: 481. Estimate $100. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Danishmendids of Malatyah. Dhu’l-Qarnayn. AH 547-557/AD 1152-1162. Æ Dirham (28mm, 7.50 g, 12h). Name and title in Arabic in three lines across field; O MEGAC AMHPAC DOLCARNAI in outer margin / Bare-headed bust right; INDIKTIONOC DEVTEPIC in outer margin. Whelan pl. 16, 4; Album 1240. Near VF, black-green patina with earthen overtones. Very rare.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.