Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan, AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Dirham (Bronze, 31 mm, 12.89 g, 6 h), AH 606 = AD 1209/10. Figure riding leopard to left, head and body facing, holding cup in her raised right hand and dagger in her raised left; around, legend in Kufic 'al-Malik al-alim al-adil Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan Malik Diyarbakr'. Rev. In inner field, 'al-Mustansir / Amir / billah / al-Mu'minin; to left and right, date; around, 'al-Malik al-Kamil Nasir al-Dunya wa al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Adil (Abu Bakr); (all in Kufic). Spengler & Sayles 41. Some deposits, otherwise, very fine.


From a European collection, acquired before 2021.