CNG 97, Lot: 901. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Begtiginids. Muzaffar al-Din Kökburi. AH 563-630 / AD 1167-1233. Æ Dirhem (30mm, 9.73 g, 9h). Unlisted (Irbil) mint. Struck circa AD 1187-1191. Enthroned figure facing, holding globe; name and titles of Muzaffar al-Din Kökburi around / Name and title of Ayyubid overlord in three lines within pelleted square; continuation of name and title in outer margins. Whelan Type III, 251 and 253; CMM 826-36; Album 1888.1. Good VF, brown patina. Rare.

From the Warden Family Collection. Ex Henry Chitwood Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 73, 13 September 2006), lot 1115.