Dirham - Najm al-Din Alpï
Features
| Issuer |
Artuqids of Mardin
(Artuqid dynasty)  |
|---|---|
| Bey |
Najm al-Din Alpï I (1154-1176)
|
| Type | Coins |
| Years | 1152-1176 |
| Value | 1 Dirham (0.7) |
| Currency | Dinar (1101-1409) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Diameter | 35 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 557437 |
| References | Album Islamic# 1827.3 Stephen Album; 2011. A Checklist of Islamic Coins (3rd Edition). Self-published, Santa Rosa, California, United States.Stanley E. Lane Poole, Reginald Stuart Poole (ed.). Catalogue of Oriental Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (10 volumes). |
Obverse
Diademed and draped male busts facing; laqabs of Najm al-Din Alpï above and below; tamgha to lower left
Script: Arabic
Lettering:
نجم الدين
مالك ديار بكر
نجم الإيمان، حاكم ديار بكر
Translation:
Najm al-Din
Star of the Faith, Ruler of Diyarbakir
Reverse
Byzantine Emperor standing facing being crowned by the Virgin Mary/Theotokos standing facing; genealogy of Najm al-Din Alpï around.
Script: Arabic
Lettering: أبو المظفر ألبي بن تيمورتاش بن الغازي بن أرتوق والد المظفر ألبي بن تيمورطاش بن الغازي بن أرتوق
Translation: Father of al-Muzaffer Alpi son of Timurtash son of Il-Ghazi son of Artuq
Mint
Mardin, TurkeyComments
This interesting coin uses as a basis, for it's obverse general Greco-Anatolian/Seleukid bust designs for it's confronted busts, and for the reverse is clearly imitative of a common Byzantine numismatic motif that spanned from the early 11th century, up to at least the 13th, and featured on several coins here:
Romanos III Histamenon(1028-1034)
John II Komnenos Hyperpyron(1118-1143)
Manuel I Komnenos Billon Trachy(1143-1183)
John III Doukas-Vatatzes Hyperpyron(1221-1254)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (1152-1176) | |||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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