Watch List notes:

Artuqids of Mardin. Najm al-Din Alpi. AH 547-572 / AD 1152-1176. Æ Dirham (33mm, 12.19 g, 9h). Citing 'Abbasid caliph al-Mustanjid billah. Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Undated, but struck AH 566-572 (AD 1170-1176). Two diademed and draped male heads facing slightly away from one another; in margins, Kalima above and below, name and title of Abbasid caliph to right and left / Facing female head, wearing necklace; name, title, and genealogy of Najm al-Din Alpi in outer margin. Whelan Type IV, 44-5; S&S Type 30.1; Album 1827.5; ICV 1203. Earthen brown and green patina. Near VF.

Ex Grün 64 (Part I, 20 November 2014), lot 2253; reportedly ex Prof. Dr. Peter Robert Franke Collection.