Watch List notes:

Artuqids, Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan (AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239) Æ Dirhem. Mardin, AH 599 = AD 1202/3. Centaur advancing right, head facing, drawing bow at head of dragon emerging from his tail; mint and date around / Legend citing the Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir, the Ayyubid overlord al-'Adil Abu Bakr, and the territorial title of Artuq Arslan in five lines and in margin. Whelan Type II; S&S Type 38.2; Album 1830.2. 9.10g, 27mm, 3h.

Near Very Fine.

Ex J. P. Righetti Collection, CNG 323, 26 March 2014, lot 589.