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Artuqids of Mardin: Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan (597-637 AH) Æ Dirham (Whelan Type XI, 85-6; S&S Type 46; Album 1830.9; )
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Obv: Turkish male figure, crosslegged, seated facing on low, quadrate platform, resting hand on thigh and holding globus; stars flanking head; Artuqid tamgha below; ناصر الدين ـ ارتق ارسلان (Nāṣir al-Dīn Artuq Arslān)
Rev: Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments; بالله / الامام المستنصر / امير المؤمنين / الملك الكامل / محمد (The Imam al-Mustanṣir billah, Commander of the Believers, the King Kāmil Muḥammad); ضرب سنة ثمان ـ و عشرين و ستمائة (Struck in the year 628)
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