Islamic, Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637/ 1200-1239 AD. AE dirham (5.10 gm, 23mm). Dated AH 611 (1214/5). Album 1830.4

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Islamic, Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637/1200-1239 AD. AE dirham (5.10 gm, 23mm). Dated AH 611 (1214/5). Obv.: bare-headed and draped bust facing slightly left. Rev.: name and titles of Abbasid caliph in five lines; above, Artuqid tamgha flanked by stars. Whelan type IVA; Spengler & Sayles type 40; Album 1830.4. VF.