316, Lot: 473. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. 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, 13.42 g, 3h). Dated AH 559 (AD 1164/5). Draped male bust, wearing jeweled diadem, facing slightly left; name and titles of Alpi around / Facing female bust, wearing crenellated crown; AH date flanking. Whelan Type III; S&S Type 29.1; Album 1827.4. Near VF, rough reddish-brown surfaces.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.