148, Lot: 507. Estimate $100. Sold for $166. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Seljuqs of Rum. Kay Khosrau II Ghiyath al-Din. AH 634-644/AD 1237-1246. AR Dirham (23mm, 2.95 g, 9h). Siwas mint. Dated AH 639 (AD 1241/2). Lion advancing right, three stars around; above, personification of sun / Name and title of Kay Khosrau; mint and date in outer margins. MWI 983; Album 1218. EF, small areas of flat strike.
From the Henry Chitwood Collection.