Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan, AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Fals (Bronze, 24 mm, 6.59 g, 5 h), without mint name, AH 618 = AD 1221/2. Diademed and draped male bust with dishevelled hair facing slightly to right; to left and right, date in Kufic. Rev. in inner field, 'al-Malik al-Kamil / Muhammad ibn Ayyub / al-Malik al-Mansur / Nasir al-Din Artuq'; around, 'Arslan / al-Imam / li-din Allah / al-Nasir'; all in Kufic. Spengler & Sayles 42.2. Good very fine.


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