Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirham (31mm, 10.61 g, 7h). Mardin mint. Dated AH 599 (AD 1202/3). VF.

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Lot: 757. Estimated: $ 100

Islamic, Bronze

Sold For $ 275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirham (31mm, 10.61 g, 7h). Mardin mint. Dated AH 599 (AD 1202/3). Centaur advancing right, head left, 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 overlord in four lines; name of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan in margins. Whelan Type II, pp. 111-2; S&S Type 38.2; Album 1830.2; ICV 1212. Brown surfaces, area of reddish deposits, some roughness. VF.

From the MWF Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXIX (30 March 1994), lot 1552.


Closing Date and Time: 8 February 2023 at 14:12:00 ET.

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