Bronze Coin - AE Dirhem, Ancient Turkoman: Artuquids (Kayfa & Amid), c. 1200-1222 AD (AH 597-619)
Ruler: Nasir al-Din Mahmud
Mint: Hisn Kayfa
Obv: Double headed Eagle on ornamental base, mint formula and date in left and right fields
Rev: Name and Title of ruler in 4 Lines of Kufic
Ref: Poole 20, Sayle ACVI p.140
Dark, even patina - nicely centered obverse. 31mm, 15.03gm
The Artuqid dynasty was an Oghuz Turkish dynasty that ruled in Eastern Anatolia, Northern Syria and Northern Iraq in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Two main branches of the dynasty ruled from Hasankeyf (Hisn Kayfa) between 1102–1231 and Mardin between 1106–1186 (and until 1409 as vassals). There was also a third branch that acquired Harput in 1112 and was independent between 1185–1233.