148, Lot: 496. Estimate $100. Sold for $78. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637/AD 1201-1239. Æ Dirham (27mm, 13.37 g, 9h). Dated AH 623 (AD 1220/1). Draped facing male bust; name of Seljuq of Rum overlord Ala al-Din Kay Qubadh around / Names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Nasir in four lines across fields; “Artuq” and AH date in external voids. S&S Type 44. VF, dark brown patina.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.