Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan, AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200. Dirham (Bronze, 29 mm, 12.95 g, 1 h), citing the Ayyubid Sultan al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin), AH 580s. Draped bust of a young male or a female facing, wearing a three-pointed crenelated crown and necklace; around, legend in Kufic. Rev. citing al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin) beaded six-pointed star. Spengler & Sayles -. Apparently unpublished and of great interest. Harshly cleaned, otherwise, good very fine.


The reverse of this issue mentions al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf, the famous Saladin, who was the Ayyubid overlord of the Artuqids of Mardin.