ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirhem (24mm, 6.76 g, 11h). Dated AH 611 (AD 1214/5). Bareheaded and draped bust facing slightly left; name and titles of Artuq Arslan around / Name and titles of Abbasid caliph in five lines; [above, Artuqid tamgha flanked by stars]; date in outer margins. Whelan Type IVA; S&S Type 40; Album 1830.4. VF, dark brown patina, a few cleaning marks on the reverse.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection.