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

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: 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

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Islamic Auction 5Auction date: 18 April 2024
Lot number: 583

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Artuqids of Kayfa & Amid. Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 597-619 / AD 1200-1222. Æ Dirham (29.9mm, 13.78 g, 10h). Al-Hisn mint. Dated AH 610 (AD 1213/14). Double-headed eagle with Artuqid tamgha on breast / Four-line inscription continuing to right, top and left. S&S 15; Album 1823.1. Weakly struck on reverse. Near VF.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 656

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


Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirham (28mm, 9.84 g, 12h). Unlisted (Mardin) mint. Dated AH 628 (AD 1230/1). Turkish male figure, crosslegged, seated facing on low, quadrate platform, resting hand on thigh and holding globus; stars flanking head; Artuqid tamgha below; name of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan to outer right and left / Names and titles of Abbasid caliph and Ayyubid overlord in five lines; AH date to outer right and left. Whelan Type XI, 85-6; S&S Type 46; Album 1830.9. Earthen green patina, light roughness, cleaning marks. Near VF.

Ex Roma E-Sale 75 (20 October 2020), lot 1041.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 657

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirham (29mm, 6.89 g, 12h). Unlisted (Mardin) mint. Dated AH 628 (AD 1230/1). Turkish male figure, crosslegged, seated facing on low, quadrate platform, resting hand on thigh and holding globus; stars flanking head; Artuqid tamgha below; name of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan to outer right and left / Names and titles of Abbasid caliph and Ayyubid overlord in five lines; AH date to outer right and left. Whelan Type XI, 85-6; S&S Type 46; Album 1830.9. Rough brown surfaces, trace of hard green, some corrosion. VF.

Ex Keystone 10 (15 February 2023), lot 462; Gert Cleff Collection (Gorny & Mosch e-auction 288, 27 July 2022), lot 84; G. Hirsch 218 (28 November 2001), lot 1011.


Estimate: 75 USD

Match 6:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 654

Price realized: 170 USD   (Approx. 157 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Artuqids of Mardin. Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200. Æ Dirham (33mm, 15.43 g, 12h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 596 (AD 1199/1200). Turk, in military outfit and cross legged, seated facing, holding severed head and raised sword; to left, floral spray containing three buds or flowers (roses or pomegrantes; ornamental scrollwork in exergue / Name and titles of Abbasid caliph in three lines; names and titles of Ayyubid overlord in inner margin; name of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan and AH date in outer margin. Whelan Type IV, 57-8; S&S Type 36.1; Album 1829.4. Rough brown patina, traces of green. Near VF.

Ex Hinrichs Collection (Gorny & Mosch 294, 8 March 2023), lot 1692.


Estimate: 100 USD