ISLAMIC. Artuqids of Mardin
Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II (AD 1176-1184)
AE Dirhem. 10.00g, 29.2mm
MINTED: Mardin (?) mint, circa AD 1176-1181
REF: Spengler & Sayles 31.1; Album 1828.1
OBVERSE: Diademed head of Roman style to right, looking upwards, within pellet quadrate border; around, Arabic inscription stating the ancestors of Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi IIREVERSE: Arabic inscription in five lines, stating the name and titles of Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II.
Notes:
Pale earthen cover over a green patina.
A fascinating type, the obverse imitating a distinctive series of 4th century Roman Empire coins issued by Constantine I, where the emperor is depicted with his head looking up, his eyes towards the heavens.
Historical Notes:
The Artuqids were a Turkoman muslim dynasty in Upper Mesopotamia (al-Jazira) who flourished between 11th and 13th centuries. Various branches of the dynasty ruled from the cities of Mardin, Hisn Kayfa, Amid, and Khartpert, originally under the suzerainty of the Seljuk Empire, then alternately as vassals and rivals of the Zengids, and in the case of the Mardin branch, eventually under the Ayyubid sultans and the Seljuks of Rum.
ARTUQIDS OF MARDIN . Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II . AE . Constantine's Eyes to Heaven
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