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Akçe - al-Ṣāliḥ Ṣāliḥ I
| Issuer | Artuqids of Mardin |
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| Year | 1348 |
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| Value | Akçe (1) |
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| Reverse description | Central roundel enclosing a multi-line Arabic religious legend in naskh script, surrounded by a prominent beaded inner border. An outer marginal legend in Arabic script runs around the periphery of the flan, partially off-flan due to the irregular hammered planchet. The reverse design is characteristic of late Artuqid coinage from Mardin, featuring the shahada and the names of the first four caliphs. A small hole is visible at the upper right of the flan, consistent with post-mint piercing. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Al-Ṣāliḥ Ṣāliḥ ruled Mardin during one of the most punishing decades in Anatolian history — the Black Death reached the region around 1347–48, decimating populations across the Jazira and disrupting the tributary networks the Artuqids depended on. That this coinage was struck at all during that specific year is worth noting. The Artuqid dynasty had already spent generations navigating between Mongol overlords and Egyptian Mamluk pressure, and by mid-century their autonomy was threadbare.