Artuqids of Mardin. Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II. AH 572-580 / AD 1176-1184. Æ Dirham (34mm, 13.69 g, 6h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 577 (AD 1181/2). Good VF.

Electronic Auction 567
Lot: 716.
Closing Date: Jul 31 2024 10:00 ET

Islamic, Bronze

Estimate: $ 100

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Artuqids of Mardin. Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II. AH 572-580 / AD 1176-1184. Æ Dirham (34mm, 13.69 g, 6h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 577 (AD 1181/2). Two Byzantine-style draped and cuirassed facing busts; AH date above and to left / Name of Abbasid caliph, Artuqid tamgha, and curse formula in five lines; name and genealogy of Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II in margins. Whelan Type I, 46-7; S&S Type 32.1; Album 1828.2. Brown surfaces, worn at high points. Good VF.

Ex Keystone 10 (15 February 2023), lot 461; Robert Erskine Collection (Dix Noonan Webb 253, 13 April 2022), lot 1092; Baldwin’s Islamic Coin Auction 7 (14 October 2003), lot 315.


Closing Date and Time: 31 July 2024 at 13:58:20 ET.

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