148, Lot: 497. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. 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 (28mm, 10.28 g, 9h). Dated AH 628 (AD 1225/6). Male figure enthroned facing crosslegged, resting hand on thigh and holding globus; stars flanking head; name of Nasir to outer right and left / Names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir and Ayyubid overlord al-Kamil in five lines across fields; AH date to outer right and left. S&S Type 46.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 35 (20 September 1995), lot 1494.