316, Lot: 494. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirhem (29mm, 11.84 g, 10h). Dated AH 623 (AD 1220/1). Draped male bust facing; name and titles of the Seljuq sultan Ala al-Din Kay Qubadh around / Names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir and Artuq Arslan; AH date in margins. Whelan Type VII; S&S Type 44; Album 1830.8. Near VF, brown patina. Overstruck on an issue of Artuq Arslan dated AD 620 (S&S Type 43).

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.