Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan, AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Dirham (Bronze, 25 mm, 6.64 g, 2 h), uncertain mint (Mardin?). Draped male bust facing slightly left; around in Kufic, 'nasir al-dunya wa al-din artuq arslan malik diyarbakr'. Rev. Legend in Kufic in five lines, 'abu l'abbas ahmad / al nasir li-din allah / amir al-mu'minin / al-malik al-adil abu / bakr bin ayyub'. Spengler & Sayles 40. Very fine.


From the collection of a Swiss scholar, formed over the past thirty years.