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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4154077, member: 99456&quot;][USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] - reviving this thread which clearly fell too quickly from view.&nbsp; Your coin is quite enviable.&nbsp; Spengler-Sayles Vol. I, is the only reference I have.&nbsp; My secondary collection lately seems to be growing in &quot;obscure coins no one else is competing to buy&quot;.&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t resist this coin - my second of the <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>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1072614[/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: &quot;Nasır al-Dunya wa al-din Artuk Arslan Malik Diyarbekr&quot;</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Script in five lines ﺏﻮﻳﺍ ﻦﺑ ﺮﻜﺑﻮﺑﺍ ﻝﺩﺎﻌﻟﺍ ﻚﻠﻤﻟﺍﻦﻴﻨﻣﺆﻤﻟﺍﺮﻴﻣﺍﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻦﻳﺪﻟﺮﺻﺎﻨﻟﺍ ﺪﻤﺣﺍ ﺱﺎﺒﻌﻟﺍﻮﺑﺍ</p><p>Translation: &quot;Abu &#039;l-&#039;Abbas Ahmad al-Nasır li-din Allah Amir al-mu&#039;minin al-Malik al-&#039;Adil abu Bakr bin Ayyub&quot;</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.&nbsp; 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>

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