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help id: Artuqids of Hisn Kayfa & Amid, Qutb al-Din Sukman II 1185-1201AD, SS-13

Started by alexcoins, January 14, 2025, 11:02:08 AM

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Bronze Size mm.26 Weight g. 5,2
Thanks in advance
Sandro

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Artuqids (of Hisn Kayfa & Amid), Qutb al-Din Sukman II,  1185-1201AD. Citing overlord al-malik al-Nasir yusuf bin Ayyub (Saladin)
Spengler&Sayles-13. Quite scarce i think.

Compare: this Zeno category
Numista: https://tr.numista.com/catalogue/pieces440600.html

aws22

Thank you Anthony for the coin ID:
Dear Sandro, your coin details:
Artuqid dynasty, Artuqids of Hisn Kayfa and Amid, Qutb al-Din Sukman II, citing the Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir li'din Allah and Ayyubid al-Nasir Yusuf, AH 584/1188 AD, AE dirham, Hisn Kayfa or Amid mint (AH 581-597/1185-1201 AD)
Obverse (Left photo):
Diademed Roman-style busts addosed (set back to back); date written above:
سنة أربع وثمانين وخمسمائة  , sanah arba' wa thamanin wa khams mi'a (584)
Reverse (Right photo):
Field:
الملك العادل قطب , al-Malik al-'Adil Qutb
الدين سُكمان بن  , al-Din Sukman bin
محمد بن قرا أرسلان  , Muhammad bin Qara Arslan
بن أرتق معين الإما  , bin Artuq Mu'in al-Ima
م الناصر  , m al-Nasir
Inner margin:
Top:لدين الله    , li'din Allah (referring to the Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir li'din Allah (AH 575–622/1180–1225 AD))
Right:الملك الناصر   , al-Malik al-Nasir
Left:يوسف بن أيوب    , Yusuf bin Ayyub
Quṭb al-Din Sukman II (قطب الدين سُكمان الثاني), was an Artuqid ruler of the Hasankeyf (Ḥiṣn Kaifa) branch, whose capital was at Diyarbakır (Amid) since 1183. He was the son of Nur al-Din Muḥammad, 1185–1201.
Please see also your post dated October 25, 2023:
http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,56550.msg358058.html#msg358058

Maythem
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