Imitating Shahpur I
Lot 1958
ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Qutb al-Din Sukman II, AH 581-597 / AD 1185-1200. Dirham (Bronze, 29 mm, 13.08 g, 7 h), citing Qutb al-Din Sukman II and the Ayyubid Sultan Saladin, al-Hisn, AH 581 = AD 1185/6. Bearded Sasanian style bust to left, draped and wearing mural crown; around, 'Ala'smi'llah duriba bi'l-Hisn sanah ahad wa thamanin wa khamsami'a' in Kufic. Rev. in innner field and around, 'al-Malik al-adil Qutb / al-Din Sukman ibn / Muhammad ibn Qaraslan / ibn Artuq Mu'in al-ima/m al-Nasir / li-din Allah \ al-Malik al-Nasir / Salah al-Din'; all in Kufic. Spengler & Sayles 12. Rare and unusually attractive. Some areas of weakness, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From an important collection of Ayyubid and post-Seljuk coins.

The head on the obverse of this issue was copied from the coins of the Sasanian king Shahpur I (AD 240-270).
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