ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan, AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174. Fals (Bronze, 27 mm, 5.48 g, 6 h), Hisn Kayfa (on the Tigris). Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; to left, medallion containing two dragons with entwined necks. Rev. Name, titles and ancestors of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in four lines and in margins. Album 1820.2c. ICV 1174. S&S Type 2.4a. Very rare; struck on a broad flan. Overstruck on a S&S 2.3 fals, otherwise, very fine.

The obverse die is copied from the Byzantine anonymous folles, issued during the time of Constantine IX Monomachos (1042-1055).