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CNG 97, Lot: 835. Estimate $300.
Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Qutb al-Din Sukman II. AH 581-597 / AD 1185-1200. Æ Dirhem (27mm, 9.47 g, 11h). Hisn Kayfa mint. Dated AH 581 (AD 1185/6). Sassanian-style bust (Shahpur I) left; mint formula and AH date in fields / Name and titles of Qutb al-Din Sukman II in four lines within square; names of Abbasid caliph and Ayyubid overlord in margins. Whelan Type I, 141-2; S&S Type 12; Album 1822.1. VF, dark brown patina.


From the Warden Family Collection.