CNG 97, Lot: 847. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Najm al-Din Alpi. AH 547-572 / AD 1152-1176. Æ Dirhem (30mm, 13.12 g, 6h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Undated issue. Diademed Seleukid-style bust right;
laqab of Alpi across neck / Name and titles of Najm al-Din Alpi in three lines; genealogy in outer margins. Whelan Type I, 37-8; S&S Type 27; Album 1827.2. Good VF, earthen black-green patina.
From the Warden Family Collection.