Islamic coin – HCR13070

Obverse

Inscription:

سنة اربع و ثمنين و / خمس مائة

Design:

two classical busts facing to left and right and field, Arabic inscription above

Reverse

Inscription:

لدين الله / الملك العدل قطب / الدين سكمان بن / محمد بن قرا ارسلان / بن ارتق معين الامام / الناصر / الملك الناصر / يوسف بن ايوب

Design:

Arabic inscription in field and to right and left

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

Artuqids

Reign

Quṭb al-Dīn Sukmān

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh (magistrate) , al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf I, 1174 - 1193 (ruler/authority) , Quṭb al-Dīn Sukmān, 1185 - 1200 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denomination

Follis

Material

copper

Technique

struck

Dating

584 AH (=AD 1188-1189)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

6.4

Axis

Diameter (mm)

28.8

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

15/5/1896

Source

H. F. Amedroz

Acquisition credit

Presented by

Translation (obverse)

year 584

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

li-Dīn Allāh, the just king Quṭb al-Dīn Sukmān b. Muḥammad b. Qarā Arslan b. Artuq, appointed by the Imam al-Nāṣir, the king al-Nāṣir Yūsuf b. Ayyūb

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Reference

SICA 7 : 963

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson