Watch List notes:

Iran, Islamic Dynasties, Artuqids of Mardin. Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan, 580-597AH (1184-1201), Dirham, 596 AH = AD 1199-1200; AE (g 11,96; mm 30; h 6); Turkish soldier seated crosslegged, holding raised sword and severed helmeted head by crest; "Nur al-Din Atabeg" in Arabic in two lines l.; in ex. ornamental script, Rv. Name of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir in three lines across fields; names and titles of Ayyubid overlords al-Afzal Ali bin Yusuf and al-Zahir Ghazi bin Yusuf in inner margin; name and title of Husam and AH date in outer margin. S/S 36.1.
Brown patina, ery fine.