Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Najm al-Din Alpi. AH 547-572 / AD 1152-1176. Æ Dirhem (33mm, 15.20 g, 6h). Confronted, Seleukid-style male busts, each diademed and draped; name and titles of Alpi above and below, tamgha to lower left / Byzantine emperor standing facing, being crowned by the Virgin Mary; name and pedigree of Alpi around. Whelan Type II; S&S Type 28; Album 1827.3. VF, brown patina, minor porosity.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.