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Artuqids of Mardin
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Artuqids of Mardin, Qutb al-Din Ghazi II, 1176-1184, AE Dirham
Kufic legend
Diademed head right, facing upward, within dotted square
Five line Kufic legend
28mm, 11.54g
Spengler & Sayles 31.1
Ex Wayne Sayles (and used on cover of Celator magazine); Ex Henry Chitwood Collection

Note: The obverse portrait copies the "Eyes to God" issues during the reign of Constantine the Great in the Roman Empire.


Artuqids of Mardin, Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan (1201-1239 AD), AH 611 (1214/1215 AD), AE Fals
Kufic legend
Turkish male bust (the Sun), 3/4 facing
Five line Kufic legend
23mm x 24mm, 5.42g
Spengler & Sayles 40


Artuqids of Mardin, Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan (1201-1239 AD), AH 599 (1202/1203 AD), AE Dirham
Kufic legend
Turkish male bust (the Sun), 3/4 facing, stars in left and right fields
Five line Kufic legend inside double-hexagram
29mm, 13.39g
Spengler & Sayles ?

Tom Mallon states that the symbolism of the coin represents an almost total eclipse that occurred in 1201.