ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II. AH 572-580 / AD 1176-1184. Æ Dirham (34mm, 15.50 g, 3h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 580 (1184/5).Electronic Auction 481 Early Medieval & Islamic, Bronze Sold For $ 110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II. AH 572-580 / AD 1176-1184. Æ Dirham (34mm, 15.50 g, 3h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 580 (1184/5). Two Byzantine-style diademed and draped facing busts, resembling the coins of Heraclius and his son; AH date in margin / Name of Abbasid caliph, partial mint formula and name and pedigree of Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II in five lines across field and in margins. Whelan Type I, 46-7; S&S Type 32.4; Album 1828.2. Green-brown patina, some roughness, double struck. VF. |