Ian Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Any positive ID of this coin would be appreciated. It's copper, roughly half crown sized and i'm led to believe it is of Urtuk Arslan of Mardin (1200 - 1239 AD). Mediaeval Islamic coins are not exactly my hottest area of expertise so i'm lost on this. I had thopught that a portrait on an islamic coin was a no-no though (?) So i'm even more lost..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoutjim99 Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 If you let me take a copy of your photo I can post it some where else, to try to get you some info. Let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 If you let me take a copy of your photo I can post it some where else, to try to get you some info. Let me know Brilliant. Copy to your hearts content as far as i'm concerned. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 My thanks go to scoutjim99 for his excellent tracking skills!! He has managed to successfully attribute this coin to being a copper dirham of Nasir al-Din Artuk Arslan atabeg of Mardin (1200-39 AD), minted at Mardin in 620AH (that is, 1223 AD) The obverse is the bust of the Roman Emperor Claudius. The reverse of the coin cites Ayyubid al-Kamil (1218-38) and caliph al-Nasir (1180-1225). Apparently it is referenced in Stephen Album's "Checklist of Islamic" as A#1830.7, with a rarity rating of "scarce" (not really rare, but not common either). scoutjim99 managed to find the coin on Jim Robert's site (tenth coin down on the page) http://users.javanet.com/j/-/j-roberts/art.htm scoutjim99, my hat is off to you. Take a bow. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoutjim99 Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Thank you but all i did use other resources and by this a great attributer name SAP from coin Community Forum. http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/default.asp Many of our members here and Omnicoin.com and Banknotebank are members over there as well. I am continully trying to get people to crossover from both sides to each forum because of the great forum people and resources Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat1979 Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 It was frowned upon, which is why they have always fascinated me. It’s also a nice entry into the Mardin counter marks on the Byzantine coins of the era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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