ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Najm al-Din Alpi, AH 547-572 / AD 1152-1176. Dirham (Bronze, 32 mm, 14.45 g, 9 h). Diademed and draped male busts facing; Alpi’s title ‘Najm al-Dīn’ above, ‘malik Diyārbakr’ (‘King of Diyarbakr’ in Arabic) below; tamgha to lower left. Rev. Byzantine emperor standing facing being crowned by Saint Mary, the Theotokos, standing facing; genealogy of Alpi around as ‘Abū al-Muẓaffar Alpī Timirtāsh ibn Īl Ghāzī ibn Urtuq’ (in Arabic). Album 1827.3. Some earthen deposits, otherwise, good very fine.

From the Sam 'Duck' Reed Collection, ex Classical Numismatic Auctions X, 21 March 1990, 1164.