148, Lot: 490. Estimate $100. Sold for $385. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Artuqids of Hisn Kayfa and Amid. Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 597-619/AD 1200-1222. Æ Dirham (34mm, 11.12 g, 12h). Amid mint. Dated AH 614 (AD 1211/2). Double-headed eagle displayed on ornamental base, with human heads on the wings; mint name and AH date in right and left fields; name an title of Nasir in outer legend / Name and pedigree of Seljuq of Rum overlord Izz al-Din Kay Ka’us in four lines across fields; name and title of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir in external voids. S&S Type 16. VF, brown patina.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.

Another representation of Gemini.