Artuqids of Mardin. Qutb al-Din Muhammad. 594-616/1197-1219. AE dirhem (24 mm, 16.44 g, 12 h). Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed male Roman-style bust left, holding spear and scepter / Names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Qutb al-Din Muhammad bin Zengi in five lines across field; name continued to right and left; Zengid tamgha in exergue. S&S 81.1; Album 1880.2. VF, dark brown patina, some roughness on the reverse.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection.