323, Lot: 586. 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, 13.58 g, 3h). Dated AH 599 (AD 1202/3). Diademed and draped bust facing between two stars; name of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan around / Name and titles of Ayyubid overlord al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I (Saladin) in five lines within six-pointed star; mint formula and date in outer margins. Whelan Type I; S&S Type 37.3; Album 1830.1. VF, brown surfaces.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.