264, Lot: 559. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Najm al-Din Alpi. AH 547-572 / AD 1152-1176. Æ Dirhem (30mm, 11.06 g, 10h). Struck AH 560-566 (AD 1164-1170). Two diademed male heads facing slightly away from one another; in margins, Kalima above and below, name of Abbasid caliph to right and left / Female head facing; name and pedigree of Najm al-Din Alpi around. S&S Type 30.1; Album 1827.5. Good VF, brown patina.

From the Fredy Vortisch Collection.