Artuqids of Mardin, 611 AH / 1214 AD., Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan, Æ-Dirham, S/S 40.

Artuqids of Mardin (AH 502-811 / 1108-1408 AD.), Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan bin Il-Ghazi (AH 597-637 / 1201-1239AD.), no mint (Mardin?), AH 611 / 1214 AD.,
Æ Unit / Æ Dirham (22-23 mm / 6,75 g), copper, axes irregular alignment ↑↖ (ca. 320°),
Obv.: ﺮﻜﺑﺭﺎﻳﺩ ﻚﻠﻣ ﻥﻼﺳﺭﺍ ﻖﺗﺭﺍ ﻦﻳﺪﻟﺍﻭ ﺎﻴﻧﺪﻟﺮﺻﺎﻧ , "Nasıreddünya veddin Artuk Arslan Melik-i Diyarbekir" , head facing with spiked hair and drapery at neck, legend around Nasir al-Dunya wa al-Din Artuq Arslan Malik Diyarbakir.
Rev.: ﻦﻴﻨﻣﺆﻤﻟﺍﺮﻴﻣﺍ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻦﻳﺪﻟﺮﺻﺎﻨﻟﺍ ﺪﻤﺣﺍ ﺱﺎﺒﻌﻟﺍﻮﺑﺍ / ﺏﻮﻳﺍ ﻦﺑ ﺮﻜﺑﻮﺑﺍ ﻝﺩﺎﻌﻟﺍ ﻚﻠﻤﻟﺍ / ﺔﺋﺎﻤﺘﺳﻭﺮﺸﻋﻭ ﺪﺣﺍ , "Ebu'l Abbas Ahmed el-Nasır lidinillah emir'ül müminin el-Melik el-Adil Ebu Bekir bin Eyub. 611" , central legend with titles of Caliph al-Nasir and the Ayyubid al-‘Adil , dated in margin.
Spengler/Sayles 40 ; BMC 442-446 ; B 44 ; Edhem 78 ; Mitchiner, WOI 1053 .

An obverse similar to the iconography of Greek and Roman laureate portraits.