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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 8298215, member: 74799&quot;]I guess its my turn.&nbsp; I picked one up on ebay.&nbsp; It was a type I have been looking for a while.&nbsp; While most of this type have a right-facing head, this one has a left-facing head and thus scarcer.&nbsp; Of course, it is not as scarce a the one with the plant on the side that [USER=95174]@BenSi[/USER] posted...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Artuqids of Mardin: Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan (1184-1200) Æ Dirhem (Album 1829.4; Whelan Type IV; S&amp;S Type 36.2; <a href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=293026" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=293026" rel="nofollow">Zeno 293026</a>)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Turk, cross legged, seated facing, holding severed head and raised sword; نور الدين اتا / بك to right (<i>Nur al-Din Atabeg</i>); ornamental in exergue</p><p>Rev: Name and titles the Abbasid caliph in three lines - الناصر لدين / الله امير المؤمنين (<i>al-Nasir li-Din Allah, Commander of the Faithful</i>); names and titles of Ayyubid overlord in inner margin - الملك الافضل علي و الملك الظاهر غازي بن الملك الناصر يوسف (<i>the King al-Afdal &#039;Ali and the King al-Zahir Ghazi b. al-Malik al-Nasir Ayyub</i>); name of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan and AH date in outer margin - حسام الدين يولق ارسلان ملك ديار بكر بن ايل غازي بن ارتق ضرب سنة ست و تسعين و خمس (<i>Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan, King of the Diyar Bakr, b. al-Ghazi b, Artuq, struck (in the) year 596</i>)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Album-1829_4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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