Watch List notes:

Iran, Islamic Dynasties, Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan, 597-637 AH (1201-1239), Dirham, 599 AH = AD 1201-1239; AE (g 11,58; mm 30; h 8); Turkish male bust, facing slightly r. (Sun) flanked by two stars, Rv. Five line Kufic legend inside double hexagram. S/S 37.
Brown patina, very fine.

The figure on obverse was chosen to remember the solar eclipse of AD 1201 in Artuqid region.