148, Lot: 487. Estimate $100. Sold for $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Artuqids of Hisn Kayfa and Amid. Fahkr al-Din Qara Arslan. AH 539-570/AD 1144-1174. Æ Dirham (30mm, 13.93 g, 6h). VIC-TORIA CONSTANTINI AVG, Victory advancing right, holding tablet inscribed VOT/XXX in two lines / Name and titles in three lines across fields; name continued in external voids. S&S Type 3. Near VF, green patina with earthen overtones, areas of flat strike.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.

The reverse is a direct adaptation of a coin of Constantine the Great.