316, Lot: 481. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200. Æ Dirhem (32mm, 14.11 g, 7h). Dated AH 581 (AD 118/56). Half-length male bust facing, diademed and draped, with hand across chest; name of Arslan around / Name and titles of the Ayyubid overlord al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I (Saladin) in five lines within six-pointed star; AH date in margin. Whelan Type I; S&S Type 33.2; Album 1829.1. VF, reddish-brown patina.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.