CNG 94, Lot: 1615. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. 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 (29mm, 11.05 g, 11h). Mardin mint. Dated AH 606 (AD 1209/10). Male figure side-saddle on leopard left; name and titles of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan in outer margin / Name and titles of Abbasid caliph in three lines; mint formula and AH date in outer margins. Whelan Type III, 64-5; S&S Type 39; Album 1830.3. VF, black-brown patina.

From the J.-P. Righetti Collection.