Very Rare Danishmendid Dirhem

210, Lot: 314. Estimate $200. Sold for $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Danishmendids (Sivas). Malik Muhammad. AH 528-536 / AD 1134-1142. Æ Dirhem (24mm, 5.03 g, 10h). “The king of all Rome ...” in four lines in Greek / “...and Anatolia, Muhammad” in four lines in Greek. Whelan, “A contribution to Danishmendid history: the figured copper coins”, ANSMN 25, pl. 16, 2; Album 1238. Fine, crude and off center, as is typical. Very rare.