Watch List notes:

Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirham (31mm, 11.10 g, 8h). Dated AH 598 (AD 1201/2). Diademed and draped half-length facing male bust; stars flanking; name of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan around / Name and titles of Ayyubid overlord al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I (Saladin) in five lines within six-pointed star; mint formula and AH date in outer margins. Whelan Type I; S&S Type 37.1; Album 1830.1; ICV 1211. Brown patina, deposits, cleaning marks, small pit on reverse. VF.

Ex Grün 64 (Part I, 20 November 2014), lot 2275; reportedly ex Prof. Dr. Peter Robert Franke Collection.