Rare and unusually attractive
Lot 6153
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
Hammer price:
803 CHF
Bid increment:
Closed
Minimum bid:
Closed
Number of bids:
24 Bids
Time left:
Closing time: 13-Dec-23, 22:35:00 CET
All winning bids are subject to a 18.5% buyer's fee.

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