323, Lot: 580. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. 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 (30mm, 12.15 g, 11h). Dated AH 583 (AD 1188/9). Diademed and draped bust facing, 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; date in margin. Whelan Type I; S&S Type 33.4; Album 1829.1. VF, black-green patina.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.