Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirham (29mm, 6.89 g, 12h). Unlisted (Mardin) mint. Dated AH 628 (AD 1230/1). VF.

Electronic Auction 559
Lot: 657.

Islamic, Bronze

Estimate: $ 75

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Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirham (29mm, 6.89 g, 12h). Unlisted (Mardin) mint. Dated AH 628 (AD 1230/1). Turkish male figure, crosslegged, seated facing on low, quadrate platform, resting hand on thigh and holding globus; stars flanking head; Artuqid tamgha below; name of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan to outer right and left / Names and titles of Abbasid caliph and Ayyubid overlord in five lines; AH date to outer right and left. Whelan Type XI, 85-6; S&S Type 46; Album 1830.9. Rough brown surfaces, trace of hard green, some corrosion. VF.

Ex Keystone 10 (15 February 2023), lot 462; Gert Cleff Collection (Gorny & Mosch e-auction 288, 27 July 2022), lot 84; G. Hirsch 218 (28 November 2001), lot 1011.


Closing Date and Time: 3 April 2024 at 13:38:40 ET.

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