Dirham - Qutb al-Din Sukman II two male busts addosed

€440,600.00
IssuerHisn Kayfa and Amid, Artuqids of
Year584 (1188)
TypeStandard circulation coins
Value
CurrencyDinar (628/632-1598)
CompositionCopper
Weight13 g
Dimensions33 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Islamic#1822.2 , SS I#13 , ICV I#1185 , Mitch WI#1108-1109 , Zeno cat#26805
Obverse descriptionDiademed Roman-style busts addosed; date written out above.
Obverse scriptArabic
Obverse letteringسنة أربع وثمانين وخمسمائة
(Translation: sana arbaʿ wa thamānīn wa khamsa miʾa  year four and eighty and five hundred)
Reverse descriptionLegend in six lines, citing Ayyubid al-Nasir in each quarter.
Reverse scriptArabic
Reverse letteringالملك العادل قطب الدين سُكمان بن محمد بن قرا أرسلان بن أرتق معين الإمام الناصر لدين الله الملك الناصر يوسف بن أيوب
(Translation: al-malik al-ʿādil Quṭb al-Dīn Sukmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Qarā Arslān ibn Urtuq muʿīn al-imām al-Nāṣir / li-Dīn Allāh / al-malik al-Nāṣir / Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb  The just king Qutb al-Din Sukman, son of Muhammad, son of Qara Arslan, son of Urtuq, supporter of Imam al-Nasir li-din Allah; King al-Nasir Yusuf, son of Ayyub)
EdgePlain.
Mint
Mintage584 (1188)  - -
Catalog ID4355634420
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