ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). al-Salih Salih I, AH 712-765 / AD 1312-1364. Fals (Bronze, 19 mm, 2.32 g, 6 h), Pictorial type, Mardin, date illegible. Two back-to-back lions with a large sun in between; above, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh Muḥammad rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic). Rev. Within a trefoil, name and titles of the king which seems to be ‘al-sulṭān al-malik al-Ṣāliḥ’ (‘Sultan [and] King al-Salih’ in Arabic), followed by ‘khallada Allāh mulkahū’ (‘May Allah perpetuate his kingdom’ in Arabic); illegible mint and date formula around. Album 1841.2. Extremely rare. Some edge faults, otherwise, fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.