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Obolos 17

20 December 2020
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Starting Price: 50 CHF
Hammer Price:  85 CHF
Lot 871

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan, AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Half dirham (Bronze, 24 mm, 4.57 g, 12 h), unlisted mint, possibly Mardin, AH 611 = AD 1214/1215. Nâsir al-Dunyâ wa al-Dîn Artuq Arslân Malik Diyârbakr (in Arabic) Bareheaded and draped bust facing slightly to left. Rev. Legend in five lines citing the Abbasid Caliph Al-Nasir in five lines; above, Artuqid tamgha between two stars; date in outer left and right margins. Album 1830.4. S&S Type 40. Dark greenish-black patina with some areas of underlying copper showing through. Very fine.




The prototype for the obverse of this coin was probably the facing Helios on the coins of Rhodes.

Online bidding closes: 20 Dec 2020, 22:15:30 CET Current Date & Time: 25 Apr 2024, 08:03:14 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:85 CHF by WILLI (4 bids)
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