Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan, AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200. Dirham (Bronze, 31 mm, 15.71 g, 10 h), AH 596 = AD 1199. Helmeted Turk seated cross-legged, wearing chain mail, holding sword horinzontally behind his head with his right hand and severed, helmeted head by the plume with his left hand; in field to left, floral design; in exergue, ornament. Rev. Legend in Kufic in three lines in center 'al-Nasir li-din / Allah Amir / al-Mu'minin'; in inner margin, legend in Kufic 'al Malik al-Afzal 'Ali wa al-Malik al Zahir Ghazi bin al-Malik al-Nasir Yusuf'; in outer margin, legend in Kufic 'Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan Malik Diyarbakr bin il-Ghazi bin Artuq duriba sannah sitt wa tis'in wa khamsami'a'. Spengler & Sayles 36.3. Slightly rough, otherwise, about very fine.


From an important collection of Ayyubid and post-Seljuk coins.