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Dirham - al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf - Saladin Egypt and Syria - Artuqid prototype
| Issuer | Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt |
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| Year | 1174-1193 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central effigy of a seated male ruler depicted in full-face orientation, enthroned cross-legged upon a low, square-backed throne surmounted by two pinnacles at the upper corners, rendered in the figural Artuqid tradition. The figure wears a turban and is shown holding a globus or orb in the raised left hand, while the right hand rests upon the thigh in a formal, authoritative pose. The composition is characteristic of the Byzantine-influenced iconographic style adopted by early Ayyubid and Artuqid copper coinage, with the enthronement scene filling the central field. The Arabic legend naming the ruler al-Malik al-Nasir Salah al-Dunya wa'l-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub is distributed in the surrounding field or marginal band. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a multi-line Arabic inscription contained within a beaded inner circle, occupying the central field. The legend, arranged in horizontal lines, records the Abbasid caliph's name and titles along with the mint formula and AH date of issue. Curved foliate or scroll ornaments appear above and below the text field, serving as decorative spacers in the Artuqid-influenced style. The beaded border frames the entire composition, with the epigraphic content rendered in Kufic or Naskhi script characteristic of Ayyubid coinage of this period. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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