CNG 97, Lot: 876. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirhem (31mm, 11.33 g, 9h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 626 (AD 1229/30). Male figure side-saddle on leopard left; name and titles of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan in outer margin / Name and titles of Abbasid caliph in three lines; partial mint formula and AH date in outer margins. Whelan Type IX, 80-1; S&S Type 45; Album 1830.3. VF, earthen brown-green patina, some roughness.

From the Warden Family Collection.