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

Issuer Hisn Kayfa and Amid, Artuqids of
Year 1188
Type Standard circulation coin
Value
Currency Dinar (628/632-1598)
Composition Copper
Weight 13 g
Diameter 33 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique 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 description Diademed Roman-style busts addosed; date written out above.
Obverse script Arabic
Obverse lettering سنة أربع وثمانين وخمسمائة
(Translation: sana arbaʿ wa thamānīn wa khamsa miʾa year four and eighty and five hundred)
Reverse description Legend in six lines, citing Ayyubid al-Nasir in each quarter.
Reverse script Arabic
Reverse lettering الملك 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)
Edge Plain.
Mint
Mintage 584 (1188) - -
Numisquare ID 4355634420
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