★ Rare ★

Artuqids of Amid and Kayfa, Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan (AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174) Æ Dirham. (30mm, 14.6 g) Bare-headed and draped half-length figure facing slightly to the left, holding globe in his right hand and sceptre in his left; in field to left, date in the Abjad system / "al-Malik al-A, lim al-'Adil, Fakhr al-Din" in Kufic three lines; in field to right and left, legend in Kufic 'Qararslan, bin Artuq'.