Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II. AH 572-580 / AD 1176-1184. Æ Dirham (33mm, 14.88 g, 11h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 577 or 579 (AD 1181/2 or 1183/4). Two Byzantine-style draped and cuirassed facing busts; AH date above and to left / Name of Abbasid caliph, Artuqid tamgha, and curse formula in five lines; name and genealogy of Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II in margins. Cf. Whelan Type I, 46-7; S&S Type 32.1 or 32.3; Album 1828.2; ICV 1205. Near VF, dark green patina.

Ex obolos 5 (26 June 2016), lot 1058.