Islamic. Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids. NAJM AL-DIN ALPI, 1152-1176 AD / 547-572 AH. AE, Dirham.
Obv: Al-Malik al-‘Alim al-‘Adil Najm al-Din Malik Diyar Bakr, the Wise and Just Ruler Najm a-Din (Star of the Religion) Sovereign of Diyarbekir.
Diademed bust (Uighur style) facing front.
Rev: Abu al-Muzaffar Alpi bin Timurtash bin II-Ghazi bin Artuq than/wa khamsin/wa khamsami’ah, Father of the Victorious, Alpi b. Timurtash b. II-Ghazhi b. Artuq, eight and fifty and five hundred.
Crowned bust facing forward.
S&S Type 29.1.
Condition: VF.
Weight: 12.61 g.
Diameter: 31.70 mm.