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Dirham - Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan vested bust
| Issuer | Artuqids of Hisn Kayfa and Amid |
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| Year | 1167 |
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| Value | 1 Dirham (0.7) |
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| Obverse description | Frontal draped bust of the Artuqid ruler Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan occupying the central field, rendered in a stylized Byzantine-influenced manner with long hair flanking a broad, schematic face. The figure is shown in a vested garment with visible drapery folds at the collar and chest. The ruler holds an indistinct object in the left hand, with a sceptre or mace-like element flanking the figure to the right. Arabic inscriptions identifying the ruler appear to the left and right of the bust in the field. The design is enclosed within a beaded border along the irregular flan edge. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely occupied by a multi-line Arabic religious and administrative legend in bold Kufic-influenced script, arranged in horizontal registers across the field. The shahada appears in the upper lines, followed by a prayer upon the Prophet, then the name and title of the Abbasid caliph al-Mustanjid Billah with his epithet Amir al-Mu'minin. The mint name Hisn Kayfa and the AH date 562 are recorded in the final line in written-out form. The whole is enclosed within a beaded border consistent with the obverse. |
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