323, Lot: 628. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Lu'lu'ids. Badr al-Din Lu'lu. AH 631-657 / AD 1234-1259. Æ Dirhem (23mm, 7.89 g, 9h). al-Mawsil. Uncertain date, struck AH 654-655 (AD 1256-1258). Crowned Turkish female figure seated facing cross-legged, holding crescent-circle; mint and AH date flanking / Kalima and name and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Musta’sim in five lines; overlord not stated; name and titles of Badr al-Din Lu’Lu around. Whelan Type III; S&S Type 71; Album 1874.2. VF, brown patina, obverse off center.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.