Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan AE Dirham Artuqids Christ pantokrator 1144-74

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Islamic - Atabegs & Contemporaries
al-Din Qara Arslan AE Dirham
Artuqids of Amid & Kayfa. Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan (539-570 AH = 1144-1174 AD).
Facing bust of Christ (Christ Pantokrator), showing the book of Gospels in his left Hand. blundered Greek legend around.
/ Arabic inscription.
Reverse inscription includes the word "dirham" (as on a few later Artuqid copper coins), evidence that these copper coins were intended to replace the silver dirham.
23mm, 4.65 gr. Album 1820.1. SS Type 1.
holed, Rare
It is unusual to find Christ Pantokrator on an islamic coin
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