316, Lot: 463. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Nur al-Din Muhammad. AH 570-581 / AD 1174-1185. Æ Dirhem (29mm, 9.82 g, 9h). al-Hisn mint. Dated AH 578 (AD 1182/3). Diademed, Seleukid-style head left; mint and AH date in outer margin / Name and titles of Nur al-Din Muhammad and name of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir in six lines; additional titles flanking. Whelan Type III; S&S Type 11; Album 1821.3. Near VF, earthen black patina.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.