148, Lot: 482. Estimate $100. Sold for $176. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Danishmendids of Sivas. Nisam al-Din Yaghi Basan. AH 536-559/AD 1142-1164. Æ Dirham (29mm, 9.28 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. Near VF, brown patina, light roughness. Very rare.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.