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A copper dirham of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan of the Artuqids of Mardin Coin Type: Copper dirham of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan of the Artuqids of Mardin, 1201-1239 CE.
Size and Weight: 27mm, 7.61g.
Obverse: Centauroid right, head and upper body turned back, holding a recurved bow and about to shoot an arrow into the open mouth of a dragon behind, which is an extension of the centaur's tail. Legend in ornamental, transitional Kufic filling the spaces around the centaur with the mint name and date in words; all within a solid circle.
Reverse: Five lines of ornamental Kufic text within a solid circle.
Provenance: timwilkescoins (eBay), Oxctober 2011.
Ref: Poole 60; S/S 38.1
BW Ref: 004 054 000
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