CNG 84, Lot: 1668. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Nur al-Din Muhammad. AH 570-581 / AD 1174-1185. Æ Dirhem (31mm, 13.64 g, 5h). Dated AH 571 (AD 1175/6). Angel with right wing raised standing facing, holding serpent; AH date to right and left / Five-line legend citing name, title, and pedigree of Nur al-Din Muhammad; name of Abbasid caliph to right and left. Whelan Type I, 135-6; S&S Type 9; Album 1821.1. VF, glossy brown and olive patina, reverse a bit softly struck.