CNG 94, Lot: 1617. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Najm al-Din Ghazi I. AH 637-658 / AD 1239-1260. Æ Dirhem (23mm, 3.88 g, 9h). Dated AH 65[...] (AD 1256-1258). Facing draped bust; name and titles of Abbasid caliph in outer margin / Name and titles of Najm al-Din Ghazi I in four lines within pelleted square; mint formula and AH date in outer margins; last digit of date off flan. Whelan type B; S&S Type 49; Album A1833. VF, brown patina, a few coppery highlights, light pitting. Very rare.

From the J.-P. Righetti Collection.