148, Lot: 488. Estimate $100. Sold for $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Artuqids of Hisn Kayfa and Amid. Fahkr al-Din Qara Arslan. AH 539-570/AD 1144-1174. Æ Dirham (30mm, 13.49 g, 6h). Dated AH 556 (AD 1160/1). Draped bust facing slightly left, holding globus and scepter over shoulder; “abjad” date to left / Name and titles in three lines across fields; name continued in external voids. S&S Type 4. Near VF, brown surfaces, areas of flat strike.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.

The figure is identifed in S/S as a personification of Jupiter.