Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirham (25mm, 6.24 g, 1h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 628 (AD 1230/1). Turkish male figure, crosslegged, seated facing on low, quadrate platform, resting hand on thigh and holding globus; stars flanking head; Artuqid tamgha below; name of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan to outer right and left / Names and titles of Abbasid caliph and Ayyubid overlord in five lines; AH date to outer right and left. Whelan Type XI, 85-6 (obv. only); S&S Type 46; Album 1830.9; ICV 1220. VF, earthen dark green patina.

From the Norman Frank Collection.