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Artuqids of Mardin, Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan Æ Dirham. AH 589/AD 1193. Three standing figures around central seated figure / Four lined legend within in circle, citing the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir; titles of Arslan and date in marginal legend. S/S 35.2; Album 1829.3. 9.99g, 31mm, 11h.
Weak strike, Very Fine. £50
Spengler and Sayles have argued persuasively that the obverse scene of the two coins above, represents an astrological event: Virgo surrounded by planets which relates to an astronomical event in AD 1186 that was thought to portend calamitous events, corroborated by the death of Saladin in AH 589.
Weak strike, Very Fine. £50
Spengler and Sayles have argued persuasively that the obverse scene of the two coins above, represents an astrological event: Virgo surrounded by planets which relates to an astronomical event in AD 1186 that was thought to portend calamitous events, corroborated by the death of Saladin in AH 589.