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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4598012, member: 99456"]Although I have only two of these coins (the other one written up here: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-mash-up-from-the-12th-century-ad.328804/#post-3266744" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-mash-up-from-the-12th-century-ad.328804/#post-3266744">Artuqids of Mardin</a>), I found these interesting enough to buy the book as I was writing up the first coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1138722[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan</b>, AE 1/2 Dirham, AH 597-637 (AD 1201-1239)</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Male head facing slightly left, hair disheveled, garment fastened with a clasp at neckline to the right, surrounded by circular legends in angular transitional Kufic, ﺮﻜﺑﺭﺎﻳﺩ ﻚﻠﻣ ﻥﻼﺳﺭﺍ ﻖﺗﺭﺍ ﻦﻳﺪﻟﺍﻭ ﺎﻴﻧﺪﻟﺮﺻﺎﻧ</p><p>Translation: "Nasır al-Dunya wa al-din Artuk Arslan Malik Diyarbekr"</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Script in five lines ﺏﻮﻳﺍ ﻦﺑ ﺮﻜﺑﻮﺑﺍ ﻝﺩﺎﻌﻟﺍ ﻚﻠﻤﻟﺍﻦﻴﻨﻣﺆﻤﻟﺍﺮﻴﻣﺍﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻦﻳﺪﻟﺮﺻﺎﻨﻟﺍ ﺪﻤﺣﺍ ﺱﺎﺒﻌﻟﺍﻮﺑﺍ</p><p>Translation: "Abu 'l-'Abbas Ahmad al-Nasır li-din Allah Amir al-mu'minin al-Malik al-'Adil abu Bakr bin Ayyub"</p><p><b>Size: </b>22mm, 6.24g</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Spengler-Sayles Type 40 p132</p><p>Spengler-Sayles suggest (and stop well short of concluding) that the obverse could be a representation of the sun personified, as the rulers of Mardin had an affinity for solar representations on their coins. Whatever the image represents - this particular seems to me to be well executed, good style, excellent condition with an even dark brown/green patina.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4598012, member: 99456"]Although I have only two of these coins (the other one written up here: [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-mash-up-from-the-12th-century-ad.328804/#post-3266744']Artuqids of Mardin[/URL]), I found these interesting enough to buy the book as I was writing up the first coin. [ATTACH=full]1138722[/ATTACH] [B]Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan[/B], AE 1/2 Dirham, AH 597-637 (AD 1201-1239) [B]Obv:[/B] Male head facing slightly left, hair disheveled, garment fastened with a clasp at neckline to the right, surrounded by circular legends in angular transitional Kufic, ﺮﻜﺑﺭﺎﻳﺩ ﻚﻠﻣ ﻥﻼﺳﺭﺍ ﻖﺗﺭﺍ ﻦﻳﺪﻟﺍﻭ ﺎﻴﻧﺪﻟﺮﺻﺎﻧ Translation: "Nasır al-Dunya wa al-din Artuk Arslan Malik Diyarbekr" [B]Rev:[/B] Script in five lines ﺏﻮﻳﺍ ﻦﺑ ﺮﻜﺑﻮﺑﺍ ﻝﺩﺎﻌﻟﺍ ﻚﻠﻤﻟﺍﻦﻴﻨﻣﺆﻤﻟﺍﺮﻴﻣﺍﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻦﻳﺪﻟﺮﺻﺎﻨﻟﺍ ﺪﻤﺣﺍ ﺱﺎﺒﻌﻟﺍﻮﺑﺍ Translation: "Abu 'l-'Abbas Ahmad al-Nasır li-din Allah Amir al-mu'minin al-Malik al-'Adil abu Bakr bin Ayyub" [B]Size: [/B]22mm, 6.24g [B]Ref:[/B] Spengler-Sayles Type 40 p132 Spengler-Sayles suggest (and stop well short of concluding) that the obverse could be a representation of the sun personified, as the rulers of Mardin had an affinity for solar representations on their coins. Whatever the image represents - this particular seems to me to be well executed, good style, excellent condition with an even dark brown/green patina.[/QUOTE]
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