Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II, AH 572-580 / AD 1176-1184. Dirham (Bronze, 29 mm, 11.43 g, 1 h), uncertain mint (Mardin?), without date. Diademed Roman style head to right within beaded square, his eyes raised to heaven; around 'ibn Alpi ibn / Timurtash ibn / il-Ghazi / ibn Artuq' in Kufic. Rev. 'il-Ghazi / li-Mawlana al-malik al-alim / al-adil Qutb al-Din / Malik al-Umawa Shah / Diyarbakr' in Kufic. Spengler & Sayles 31.1. Sharply struck and with a beautiful patina. Light pitting and with a minor flan crack, otherwise, about extremely fine.


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