| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 6153 Price realized: 803 CHF (Approx. 913 USD / 848 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan, AH 539-570 / AD 1144-1174. Dirham (Bronze, 30 mm, 12.26 g, 5 h). Within a dotted circle, full figure of winged Victory walking to right, holding a square votive tablet inscribed VOT / XXX; in the margin, VICTORIA CONSTANTINI AVG in Latin (copied from a coin of Constantine); illegible exergue. Rev. Within a dotted circle, 'al-malik al-ʿā/lam al-ʿādil / Fakhr al-Dīn', continued in the margin, 'Qara Arslān / ibn Dāwūd / ibn Artuq' ('The just king of the world, Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan, son of Daʾud, son of Artuq' in Arabic); floral design in exergue. Album 1820.3. Rare and unusually attractive. Areas of weakness, otherwise, good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
