ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200. Æ Dirham (30mm, 13.79 g, 9h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 589 (AD 1193). Three standing figures around central female figure seated left in attitude of mourning; eight-rayed star to left / Name and titles of Abbasid caliph in three lines; name and title of Ayyubid overlord, Saif al-Din Abu Bakr in margins; name and titles of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan and AH date in outer margin. Whelan Type III, 54-6; S&S Type 35.1; Album 1829.3; ICV 1208. Brown surfaces. Near VF.
From the Toliver Besson Collection. Ex Warden Family Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 336, 8 October 2014), lot 407.