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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Khartpert). Imad al-Din Abu Bakr. AH 581-600 / AD 1185-1203. Æ (21mm, 3.83 g, 12h). Dated AH 583 (AD 1187/8). Diademed head left / Five-line legend giving the name and titles of Abu-Bakhr as well as the name of the Caliph, al-Nasir; AH date flanking. Whelan Type II; S&S Type 22.1; Album 1825.2. Fine, dark brown patina, roughness. Rare.
From the J.P. Righetti Collection.
The prototype for this issue is uncertain. It is possibly modeled after a Seleukid portrait.
From the J.P. Righetti Collection.
The prototype for this issue is uncertain. It is possibly modeled after a Seleukid portrait.