ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan. AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174. Æ Dirham (11.62 g, 6h). Dated AH 562 (AD 1166/7).

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Lot: 680. Estimated: $ 200

Early Medieval & Islamic, Bronze

Sold For $ 700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan. AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174. Æ Dirham (11.62 g, 6h). Dated AH 562 (AD 1166/7). Draped half-length facing bust; AH date to right and left / Name and pedigree of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in four lines; name of Abbasid caliph in left and right margins. Whelan Type IV, 123-4; S&S Type 7; Album 1820.7. Brown patina. Good VF. Rare.

From the Toliver Besson Collection, purchased from Pars Coins, 2015.


Closing Date and Time: 23 September 2020 at 13:46:20 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.