bby_582115 - ARTUQIDS OF MARDIN - NAJM AL-DIN ALPI Follis
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Price : 100.00 €
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: c. 1152-1176
Mint name / Town : Turkestan
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 34 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 15,80 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE EN ARABE.
Obverse description : Deux têtes de style gréco-romain face à face (Gémeaux).
Obverse translation : (Nejm de Din roi de Dyarbakir).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE EN ARABE.
Reverse description : Empereur byzantin couronné par la Vierge.
Reverse translation : (Alpi, père du Victorieux, fils de Timurtash le fils de Il Ghazi. Urtuk en tous lieux).
Commentary
Le revers est directement copié sur un hyperpère d’or byzantin de Jean II Comnène, mort en 1143.
Historical background
ARTUQIDS OF MARDIN - NAJM AL-DIN ALPI
(1152-1176/ AH 547-572)
Like the Seljucides, of whom they were vassals, the Artukides (or Urtukides) are a tribe of Uighurs, a Turkish people from Turkestan. They bear the name of the eponymous founder of the dynasty and settled in Dyarbakir, on the Tigris, and in Mardin, strategic points on a silk road. The dynasty began to decline in importance with the arrival of Saladin (1185) and were eventually absorbed into the Turkmen confederation of the "Black Sheep" (named after their banner) in 1408. The first ruler of Artukides of Mardin was Nejm ed -Din il Ghazi (1108-1122).
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