Artuqids of Mardin (AH 502-811 / 1108-1408 AD.), Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan bin Il-Ghazi (AH 597-637 / 1201-1239AD.), no mint name (Mardin ?), AH 620 / 1223-1224 AD.,
Æ Unit / Æ Dirham (27-29 mm / 10,60 g), copper, axes irregular alignment ↑↖ (ca. 300°),
Obv.: ﻥﻼﺳïºïºï»–ﺗïºïº ﻦﻳﺪﻟïºï»ïºŽï»´ï»§ïºªï»Ÿ ﺮﺻﺎﻧïºï»®ïº¼ï»¨ï»¤ï»Ÿïº ï»šï» ï»¤ï»Ÿïº , "El-Melik el-Mansur Nasıreddünya veddin Artuk Arslan" , head facing right, name and title of Nasir in legend around.
Rev.: ﻦﻴﻨﻣﺆﻤﻟïºïº®ï»´ï»£ïº ï»ªï» ï»Ÿïº ï»¦ï»³ïºªï»Ÿïº®ïº»ïºŽï»¨ï»Ÿïº / ïºï»®ï»³ïº ﻦﺑ ﺪﻤﺤﻣ ﻦﻳﺪﻟïºïº®ïº»ïºŽï»§ ï»žï»£ïºŽï»œï»Ÿïº ï»šï» ï»¤ï»Ÿïº / ïº”ïº‹ïºŽï»¤ïº˜ïº³ï» ï»¦ï»³ïº®ïº¸ï»‹ ﺔﻨﺳ ïºïº®ïº¿ , "El-Nasır lidinillah emir'ül müminin El-Melik el-Kamil Nasıreddin Muhammed bin Eyub. Duribe sene 620" , names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Ayyubid overlord al-Kamil Muhammad and Nasir in five lines across fields; AH date to r. and left.
Spengler/Sayles 43 ; BMC 453-454 ; Butak 47 ; Mitchiner, WOI 1060 .
An obverse similar to the iconography of Greek and Roman bare-headed Julio-Claudian style portraits facing right.