Artuquids of Mardin, 580-597 AH/AD 1184-1200 AD. Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan AE Dirham

Anatolia and Al-Jazirah (Post-Seljuk)

Artuqids of Mardin, Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan, AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200.

AE Dirham AH 589 = AD 1193

Obverse: Large diademed Roman-style male head on the right, facing left; smaller crowned Byzantine-style bust facing forward wearing cloak. Legend in late Kufic in an arc above, from 2 to 11 o'clock, bearing the ruler's personal laqab and the title Malik Diyarbakr; all within a beaded circle.

Reverse: Four-line legend in late Kufic, continuing in the right and left fields, including four laqabs, the ism and nasab(patronymic) of the Ayyubid overlord Saladin; all within a beaded circle.

Reference: Album 1829.2, Edhem 50, Wilkes 1207

Size: 30 mm Weight: 11,72 g Conservation: very fine

Referencia : Wilkes 1207

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Colección : XIII Oriental Coins