917FF1) ARTUQIDS OF MARDIN, NAJM AL-DIN ALPI, 547-572 AH/ 1152-1176 AD; AE DIRHAM 32.2 mm, 12.21 grms, TYPE SS 30.1 (CALIPH AL MUSTANJID) 560-566 AH. IN VF CONDITION.
Obv.: Two diademed male heads facing, turned slightly away from one another, prominent dot between; legend in simple kufic on four sides, read from the inside at top, left and right, and from the outside at the bottom, containing the Kalimah (top and bottom) and the name and title of the Abbasid Caliph (right and left) Al-Mustanjid; all within a beaded circle.
Rev.: Youthful female head facing, within beaded circle interrupted by neck at bottom, hair arranged in six rolls; legend in cursive Naskhi in four interrupted segments around margin, containing two laqabs and ism of Alpi and his pedigree back three generations, however omitting his father Timurtash; all within a beaded circle. like obverse, this legend is read from the inside at top, left and right, and from the outside at the bottom.