{"product_id":"rare-huge-ae-dirham-nasir-al-din-artuq-arslan-1200-39-artuqids-of-mardin","title":"Rare huge AE dirham, Nasir al-din Artuq Arslan (1200-39) w\/Saladin, Artuqids of Mardin","description":"\u003cp\u003eISLAMIC, Anatolia \u0026amp; al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 \/ AD 1200-1239. Dated AH 598 (AD 1201\/2). Diademed and draped half-length facing male bust; stars flanking; name of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan around \/ Name and titles of Ayyubid overlord al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I (Saladin) in five lines within six-pointed star; mint formula and AH date in outer margins. 33mm, 10.34 grams. Mardin mint. Whelan Type I; S\u0026amp;S Type 37.1; Album 1830.1; ICV 1211.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe medieval figural copper coins of the Artuqids, Zangids, and other contemporary Islamic dynasties are among the most remarkable and unusual issues in Islamic numismatics. Their designs frequently borrowed from ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Persian coinage, reproducing classical busts, imperial portraits, mythological figures, astrological symbols and even the bust of Christ alongside Arabic inscriptions naming Muslim rulers and their titles. This extraordinary fusion of classical imagery and Islamic epigraphy produced a distinctive and often strikingly beautiful coinage, virtually unparalleled in the medieval Islamic world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NumisMall","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67674086801723,"sku":"x8398-62251","price":78.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0447\/1750\/6710\/files\/w62251.jpg?v=1791472967","url":"https:\/\/www.numismall.com\/products\/rare-huge-ae-dirham-nasir-al-din-artuq-arslan-1200-39-artuqids-of-mardin","provider":"NumisMall","version":"1.0","type":"link"}