Post #54: Please Help Identify Ayyubid AR Dirham

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twood89 Valued Member United States 278 Posts	Posted 09/13/2020 12:32 pm I know this is an Ayyubid AR Dirham from the Aleppo mint, but outside of that I have no clue. I have zero experience with Arabic. So if there are any of you who are familiar with this script please let me know what you can read off the coin. Report this Post to the Staff

Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 09/13/2020 3:48 pm All four of these are actually Artuqids of Mardin (in the Ayyubid style). The lower half of the obverse cites the ruler: al-malik al-Sa'id / Ghazi. The upper half of the obverse cites his Ayyubid overlord (reading upward): al-malik al-Nasir / Yusuf. The reverse cites the 'Abbasid caliph: al-imam / al-Musta'sim / billah amir al-mu'- / -minin. Mint and date in obverse margin. Kalima in reverse margin. All struck at Mardin. Album 1834.4. Edited by Kushanshah 09/13/2020 3:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
twood89 Valued Member United States 278 Posts	Posted 09/13/2020 3:50 pm Oh, that explains why I was getting nowhere identifying these. Thanks for the help. Can you make out a date or mint mark on any of them, or they they all just too worn? Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 09/13/2020 3:57 pm On this one, the 3 legible margin segments at left read bi-Mardin / sanat / arba' (of Mardin year four), so should be AH [65]4. Edited by Kushanshah 09/13/2020 3:58 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 09/13/2020 4:01 pm None of the others others have readily legible dates. Report this Post to the Staff
twood89 Valued Member United States 278 Posts	Posted 09/13/2020 4:07 pm Thanks for all of the help today! I have attributed each of them as you have identified them Report this Post to the Staff
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