729EL3Z) ISLAMIC FIGURAL ICONOGRAPHY : Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. AE Dirhem (29 mm, 13.66 g). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 620 (AD 1223/4). ROMAN Julio-Claudian-style bare head right; name and titles of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan around / Names and titles of Abbasid caliph and Ayyubid overlord in five lines; partial mint formula and AH date in margins. Whelan Type VI, 74-5; S&S Type 43; Album 1830.7. FINE, dark brown patina.
Obv.: Large roman-style male head in profile right, hair in waves across the head; long legend in angular Kufic around the margin from five to seven o'clock, interrupted only by the figure's neck, containing the full name(long from of laqab) and princely title of the Artuqid ruler; all within a solid circle.
Rev.: Five-line legend in angular Kufic giving the full name and title of the Abbasid Caliph on the first two lines, and the princely title, ism, laqab and nasab of the Ayyubid overlord al-Kamil on the third, fourth and fifth lines, continuing at the right, top and left margins with the date; all within a solid circle.