323, Lot: 575. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. 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 (31mm, 10.95 g, 12h). Dated AH 559 (AD 1164/5). Draped male bust, wearing jeweled diadem, facing slightly left; name and title of Najm al-Din Alpi around / Facing Sasanian style bust; Alpi’s pedigree and date around. Whelan Type III; S&S Type 29.2; Album 1827.4. VF, brown surfaces, minor roughness, hard green deposits.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.