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 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. |