1152 AD - 1176 AD

Artuqids of Mardin
Najm al-Din Alpi  547-572 AH

AE 34
 SHH 1583

1583 Artuqid Mardin Najm al-Din Alpi AE

Parameter

Obverse

Reverse
Notes
Reference
Probenance
 16.85 g   32.5-34.9 mm   2.2 eqmm   1:00 o'clock   EF
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 17.0, rev. 17.1 MS/m
Two long haired busts facing each other, pellet between them;
kufic inscription above and below; border of dots.
 Virgin crowning Byzantine emperor; kufik inscription around; border of dots.
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Album 1827.3; Spengler & Sayles I 28
Ex Jean Elsen 85/1843, 10.9.2005