Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirham (30mm, 12.56 g, 3h). Citing the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir and Ayyubid ruler al-Adil I as overlords. Mardin mint. Dated AH 599 (AD 1202/3). Near EF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 325. Estimated: $ 300

Islamic, Bronze

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Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirham (30mm, 12.56 g, 3h). Citing the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir and Ayyubid ruler al-Adil I as overlords. Mardin mint. Dated AH 599 (AD 1202/3). The zodiac sign Sagittarius: Centaur advancing right, head facing, drawing bow at head of dragon emerging from his tail; mint name and AH date around / Names and titles of Abbasid caliph al-Nasir and Ayyubid ruler al-Adil I in four lines; name of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan in margin. Whelan Type II, pp. 111-2; S&S Type 38.2; Album 1830.2. Brown patina. Near EF.

From the W. Toliver Besson Collection. Ex Warden Family Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 97, 17 September 2014), lot 870.


Closing Date and Time: 22 July 2026 at 11:48:00 ET.



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