Artuqids of Mardin, 606 AH / 1210 AD., Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan, Mardin mint, Æ-Dirham, S/S 39.

Artuqids of Mardin (AH 502-811 / 1108-1408 AD.), Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan bin Il-Ghazi (AH 597-637 / 1201-1239AD.), Mardin mint, AH 606 / 1210 AD.,
Æ Unit / Æ Dirham (28-30 mm / 9,81 g), copper, axes coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 180°),
Obv.: ﺮﻜﺑﺭﺎﻳﺩ ﻚﻠﻣ ﻥﻼﺳﺭﺍ ﻖﺗﺭﺍ ﻦﻳ ﺪﻟﺍﺮﺻﺎﻧﻝﺩﺎﻌﻟﺍ ﻢﻟﺎﻌﻟﺍ ﻚﻠﻤﻟﺍ , "El-Melik'ül alem'ül adil Nasıreddin Artuk Arslan Melik-i Diyarbekir" , panther- , lion- or leopard-rider advancing left, holding a dagger in his raised left hand and a cup r. with arms waving, name of Nasir with title “Malik Diyarbakr” around.
Rev.: ﺔﺋﺎﻤﺘﺳﻭﺖﺴ ﻦﻴﻨﻣﺆﻤﻟﺍﺮﻴﻣﺍ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻦﻳﺪﻟﺮﺻﺎﻨﻟﺍ ﻡﺎﻣﻻﺍ / ﺏﻮﻳﺍ ﻦﺑﺍﺮﻜﺑﻮﺑﺍ ﻦﻳ ﺪﻟﺍ ﻒﻴﺳ ﻝﺩﺎﻌﻟﺍ ﻚﻠﻤﻟﺍ / ﺔﻨﺳ ﻦﻳﺩﺭﺎﻤﺑ ﺏﺮﺿ , "El-imam el-Nasır lidinillah emir'ül müminin. 606. El-Melik'ül adil Seyfeddin Ebu-Bekir ibn Eyub. Duribe bi-Mardin sene" , name of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir in three lines across fields; AH date in voids; name and title of Ayyubid overlord al-Adil Saif al-Din Abu Bakri ibn Ayyub, and mint name in outer margin.
Album 1830.3 ; Spengler/Sayles 39 ; BMC 438-441 ; Butak 43 ; Artuk 76 .

An obverse similar to the iconography of Greek god Dyonisus riding on panther.