Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1245. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200. Æ Dirhem (13.30 g, 1h). Dated AH 581 (AD 1185/6). Diademed and draped half-length facing male bust, hand across chest; name around / Name of Ayyubid overlord al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I (Saladin) in five lines within six-pointed star; partial mint formula and AH date in margins. Whelan Type I, 50-1; S&S Type 33.2; Album 1829.1. Good VF, black-green patina with traces of earthen deposits.