Watch List notes:

Artuqids of Mardin. Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. 580-597/1184-1200. Æ dirhem (31 mm, 12.59 g, 1 h). Mardin(?), A.H. 589 (after 4 March 1193). Three standing figures around central female figure seated left in attitude of mourning; in inner left field, eight-rayed star (faint) / Name and titles of Abbasid caliph in three lines; name and title of Ayyubid overlord, Saif al-Din Abu Bakr in margins; name and titles of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan and AH date in outer margin. Whelan type III, p. 97; S&S type 35.2; Album 1829.3. Brown patina with coppery areas showing from cleaning scratches. Nice very fine.