148, Lot: 485. Estimate $100. Sold for $281. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Artuqids of Hisn Kayfa and Amid. Fahkr al-Din Qara Arslan. AH 539-570/AD 1144-1174. Æ Dirham (28mm, 6.47 g, 6h). Christ enthroned facing; Arabic letters and numerals to left and right of Christ’s head / Name and titles in three lines across fields; name continued in external voids. S&S Type 2.2a. Near VF, brown patina, rough.
From the Henry Chitwood Collection.