ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan, AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200. Dirham (Bronze, 30 mm, 13.86 g, 9 h), AH 589 = 1193/4. Three standing figures around a central female figure seated left in an attitude of mourning. Rev. Citing the Ayyubid overlord al-ʿAdil Abu Bakr I Sayf al-Din (AH 592-615 / AD 1196-1218) in a circle; name and titles of Yuluq Arslan, and the date in the margin. Album 1829.3. Minor deposits, otherwise, very fine.


The scene on the obverse has been interpreted either as the mourning over the death of Saladin, or as an astrological event depicting Virgo, the sixth astrological sign in the Zodiac, surrounded by planets.