323, Lot: 568. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Rukn al-Din Mawdud. AH 619-629 / AD 1222-1231. Æ Dirhem (27mm, 8.75 g, 8h). Amid mint. Dated AH 621 (AD 1224). Double-headed eagle within circle inside square frame within another circle; mint and date around / Kufic legend in format similar to obverse; central device naming the principal Ayyubid overlord al-Kamil, the corners naming the regional Ayyubid overlord al-Ashraf Musa, and the remaining legends containing the Kalima and citing the Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir. Whelan Type IC; S&S Type 19; Album 1824.1. VF, rough brown surfaces.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.