{"product_id":"rare-large-ae-dirham-husam-arslan-1184-1200-artuqids-of-mardin-1","title":"Rare large AE dirham - Turk w\/severed head type, Husam Arslan (1184-1200), Artuqids of Mardin","description":"\u003cp\u003eISLAMIC, Anatolia \u0026amp; al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. AH 580-597 \/ AD 1184-1200. Dated AH 596 (AD 1199\/1200). Turk, in military outfit and cross legged, seated facing, holding severed head and raised sword; to left, floral spray containing three buds or flowers (roses or pomegrantes; ornamental scrollwork in exergue \/ Name and titles of Abbasid caliph in three lines; names and titles of Ayyubid overlord in inner margin; name of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan and AH date in outer margin. 30mm, 14.00 grams. NM (Mardin?). Whelan Type IV, 57-8; S\u0026amp;S Type 36.1; Album 1829.4; ICV 1209.\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":67691709890875,"sku":"x8478-62244","price":89.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0447\/1750\/6710\/files\/w62244.jpg?v=1791587682","url":"https:\/\/www.numismall.com\/products\/rare-large-ae-dirham-husam-arslan-1184-1200-artuqids-of-mardin-1","provider":"NumisMall","version":"1.0","type":"link"}