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316, Lot: 485. Estimate $100.
Sold for $220. 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 (31mm, 14.70 g, 11h). Dated AH 596 (AD 1199/1200). Turk seated facing with legs crossed, holding sword and severed head; name of Nur al-Din to left, ornament in exergue / Legend in three lines citing the Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir; names and titles of two Ayyubid overlords, titles of Artuq Arslan, and AH date around. Whelan Type IV; S&S Type 36.1; Album 1829.4. Near VF, brown patina, light cleaning marks on reverse.


From the J.P. Righetti Collection.