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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II. AH 572-580 / AD 1176-1184. Æ Dirham (35mm, 15.38 g, 2h). Dated AH 579 (1183/4). Two Byzantine-style diademed and draped facing busts, resembling the coins of Heraclius and his son; AH date in margin / Name of Abbasid caliph, partial mint formula and name and pedigree of Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II in five lines across field and in margins. Whelan Type I, 46-7; S&S Type 32.3; Album 1828.2. Brown patina. Near EF. Rare variety with star below busts.

This coin commemorates the transit of Venus across the sun on April 21, 1181. The two busts represent the sun (Helios) and Mercury.