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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Najm al-Din Alpi. AH 547-572 / AD 1152-1176. Æ Dirham (33mm, 17.13 g, 9h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Undated issue. Diademed and draped male busts, vis-à-vis; laqabs of Najm al-Din Alpi above and below; tamgha to lower left / Byzantine emperor standing facing being crowned by the Theotokos standing facing; genealogy of Najm al-Din Alpi around. Whelan Type II, 40-41; S&S Type 28; Album 1827.3; ICV 1201.
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Anatolia & al-Jazira: Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan (1148-1174) AE Dirham, Hisn Kayfa (S&S 2.4)Obv: Nimbate Christ seated facing on throne, holding book of gospels in his left hand; to his right and left, the epithet of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan معين امير / المؤمنين; above in fields, Arabic numerals; in field to left, countermark of a six-lobbed medallion containing two dragons with entwined necks
Rev: الملك العا / لم العادل / فخر الدين; Arabic inscription in field, enclosed Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle
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Artuqids of Mardin: Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan (1184-1200) Æ Dirhem (Album 1829.4; Whelan Type IV; S&S Type 36.2; Zeno 293026)Obv: Turk, cross legged, seated facing, holding severed head and raised sword; نور الدين اتا / بك to right (Nur al-Din Atabeg); ornamental in exergue
Rev: Name and titles the Abbasid caliph in three lines - الناصر لدين / الله امير المؤمنين (al-Nasir li-Din Allah, Commander of the Faithful); names and titles of Ayyubid overlord in inner margin - الملك الافضل علي و الملك الظاهر غازي بن الملك الناصر يوسف (the King al-Afdal 'Ali and the King al-Zahir Ghazi b. al-Malik al-Nasir Ayyub); name of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan and AH date in outer margin - حسام الدين يولق ارسلان ملك ديار بكر بن ايل غازي بن ارتق ضرب سنة ست و تسعين و خمس (Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan, King of the Diyar Bakr, b. al-Ghazi b, Artuq, struck (in the) year 596)
Dim: 30 mm, 14.67
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Artuqids of Mardin: Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan (580-597 AH / 1184-1200 CE) Æ Dirham (Whelan Type I, 50-1; S&S Type 33.3; Album 1829.1)ISLAMIC. Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan (AH 580-597 / 1184-1200). Ae Dirhem. Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 582 (1186/7 AD).
Obv: Diademed and draped facing bust, with hand across chest; legend around.
Rev: Legend in five lines within hexagram; legend in margins.
S&S Type 33.3; Album 1829.1.
ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200. Æ Dirhem (33mm, 15.19 g, 1h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 581 (AD 1185/6). Diademed and draped half-length facing male bust, hand across chest; name and titles of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan around / Name of Ayyubid overlord (al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I [Saladin]) in five lines within pelleted hexagram; first part of mint formula and AH date in outer margins. Whelan Type I, 50-1; S&S Type 33.1; Album 1829.1. EF, brown patina with traces of earthen encrustation. Quant.Geek
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