Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1247. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirhem (12.00 g, 9h). Mardin mint. Dated AH 632 (AD 1234/5). Draped facing male solar bust; name and title of Seljuq of Rum overlord around / Names of Abbasid caliph and Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan in five lines; partial mint formula and AH date in margins. Whelan Type XII, 87-8; S&S Type 47.1; Album 1830.10. VF, black-green patina with earthen deposits.