Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 646

Price realized: 90 USD   (Approx. 83 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Artuqids of Kayfa & Amid. Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan. AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174. Æ Dirham (32mm, 11.59 g, 6h). Unlisted (Hisn Kayfa or Amid) mint. Dated AH 562 (AD 1166/7). Draped half-length facing bust; AH date to right and left / Name and pedigree of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in four lines; name of Abbasid caliph in left and right margins. Whelan Type IV, 123-4; S&S Type 7; Album 1820.7. Earthen dark brown patina, large areas of flat strike. VF.

Ex Roma E-Sale 75 (20 October 2020), lot 1035.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 650

Price realized: 100 USD   (Approx. 93 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Artuqids of Kayfa & Amid. Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 597-619 / AD 1200-1222. Æ Dirham (30mm, 9.09 g, 1h). Unnamed (Hisn Kayfa or Amid) mint. Dated AH 615 (AD 1218/9). Male figure, holding dagger and reins, on lion right; Artuqid tamgha to left, name of Abbasid caliph around / Name and title of Nasir al-Din Mahmud and Ayyubid overlord in three lines; name and titles of Abbasid caliph and AH date in ornamental chain around. Whelan Type II, 158-9; S&S Type 17.1; Album 1823.2. Earthen green and brown patina. Near VF. Overstruck on an uncertain undertype .

Ex Solidus 60 (5 July 2020), lot 282.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 646

Price realized: 90 USD   (Approx. 83 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Artuqids of Kayfa & Amid. Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan. AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174. Æ Dirham (32mm, 11.59 g, 6h). Unlisted (Hisn Kayfa or Amid) mint. Dated AH 562 (AD 1166/7). Draped half-length facing bust; AH date to right and left / Name and pedigree of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in four lines; name of Abbasid caliph in left and right margins. Whelan Type IV, 123-4; S&S Type 7; Album 1820.7. Earthen dark brown patina, large areas of flat strike. VF.

Ex Roma E-Sale 75 (20 October 2020), lot 1035.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 644

Price realized: 225 USD   (Approx. 208 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Artuqids of Kayfa & Amid. Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan. AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174. Æ Dirham (29mm, 15.81 g, 12h). Unlisted (Hisn Kayfa or Amid) mint. Dated AH 556 (in abjad system) (AD 1160/1). Draped bust facing slightly left, holding globus and scepter over shoulder; abjad system date to left / Name, title, and genealogy of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in four lines and outer margins; floral design below. Whelan Type I, 117-8; S&S Type 4; Album 1820.4; ICV 1176. Earthen black-green patina, cleaning marks, delamination on obverse. VF.

Ex Roma E-Sale 75 (20 October 2020), lot 1032.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 645

Price realized: 60 USD   (Approx. 56 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Artuqids of Kayfa & Amid. Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan. AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174. Æ Dirham (31mm, 10.17 g, 12h). Unnamed (Hisn Kayfa or Amid) mint. Dated AH 560 (AD 1164/5). Bareheaded and draped male bust, wearing long hair, facing slightly left; Shahada and name of Abbasid caliph around / Name, title, and genealogy of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in four lines; AH date in left and right outer margins. Whelan Type III, 121-2; S&S Type 6; Album 1820.6. Thick earthen black-green patina. Near VF.

Ex Roma E-Sale 75 (20 October 2020), lot 1034.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 643

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Artuqids of Kayfa & Amid. Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan. AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174. Æ Dirham (20mm, 3.07 g, 9h). Unlisted (Hisn Kayfa or Amid) mint. Undated issue. Facing bust of Christ / Mint formula citing name and genealogy of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in four lines and outer margins. Whelan Type VII, 133-4; S&S Type 1; Album 1820.1. Dark brown patina, some roughness, stuck on a slightly irregular flan. Near VF.

Ex obolos 21 (2 January 2022), lot 1047.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 6:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 649

Price realized: 200 USD   (Approx. 185 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Artuqids of Kayfa & Amid. Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 597-619 / AD 1200-1222. Æ Dirham (28.5mm, 11.90 g, 9h). Hisn Kayfa mint. Dated AH 610 (AD 1213/4). Double-headed eagle displayed on ornamental base; Artuqid tamgha on breast; mint formula and AH date in right and left fields / Name and title of Nasir al-Din Mahmudand Ayyubid overlord in four lines; name of Abbasid caliph in margins. Whelan Type IB, 152-3; S&S Type 15; Album 1823.1. Brown patina, slight green deposits. VF.

Ex obolos 151 (24 May 2020), lot 1083.


Estimate: 100 USD