Artuqids of Mardin, 584 AH. / 1188 AD., Hosam al din Yuluk Arslan, Æ Dirhem, S/S 33.5.

Urtukids of Mardin, Husam Al-Din Yuluq Arslan Bin Il-Ghazi, AH 580-597 = 1184-1201 AD., under caliph Al-Nasir, no mint named (Mardin ?),
Æ Dirhem (32-35 mm / 12.67 g), 584 AH. / 1188 AD.,
Obv.: ﻥﻼﺳﺭﺍ ﻖﻟﻮﻳ ﻦﻳﺪﻟﻡﺎﺴﺣ "Hüsam el-Din Yoluk Arslan" , draped and diademed male bust with flaming hair facing (Sun?), right hand on chest holding one end of mantle tie, dishevelled locks of hair flowing back from the diadem and to each side; mantle, showing five folds, tied in a bow at neckline; legend in transitional Kufic in arcs in the right and left fields bearing the ruler’s personal laqab and ism; all within a beaded circle.
Rev.: ﺏﻮﻳﺍ ﻦﺑ ﻒﺳﻮﻳ ﻦﻳﺪﻟﺍﻭﺎﻴﻧﺪﻟﺍﺡﻼﺻﺮﺻﺎﻨﻟﺍ ﻚﻠﻤﻟﺍ
ﺔﺋﺎﻤﺴﻤﺧ ﻦﻴﻧﺎﻤﺛﻭ ﻊﺑﺭﺍ ﺔﻨﺳ ﺏﺮﺿ "El Melik el-Nasir Salah el-Dünya ve el-Din Yusuf bin Eyub. Duribe sene 584" , Fife lines kufic legend within six-pointed star citing Ayyubid ruler Salah al-Din Yusuf ( = Saladin); date on rim: year 584, marginal legend in the six outer angles of the hexagon, beginning at 1 o’clock, containing successive date in words; all within a beaded circle.
Spengler/Sayles 33.5 ; Mitchiner, WoI 1037-1038 .