ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan, AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200. Dirham (Bronze, 28 mm, 8.15 g, 3 h), Mardin, AH 58[.]. Male figure seated facing on a square-backed throne, legs crossed, resting his hand on his thigh and holding a globus in his left hand; citing the Ayyubid al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf (AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193) as overlord around, ‘al-Malik al-Nāṣir [Ṣalāḥ al-Dunyā] wa al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb’ (‘King al-Nasir Salah al-Dunya wa al-Din Yusuf, son of Ayyub’ in Arabic). Rev. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah (AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225) as ‘al-imām al-Nā/ṣir li-dīn Allāh / amīr al-muʾminīn (‘Imam al-Nasir li-din Allah, the Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic); date formula around. Album -; cf. similar issues by Artuq Arslan (AH 597-637 / AD 1201-1239): Album 1830.9, 1830.11. Extremely rare. Repatinated, otherwise, good fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.