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Coin of Alpi

Coin of Alpi

r. 1154-1176

Najm al-Din Alpi

The coin (dirham) belongs to the Artuqid ruler of Najm al-din Alpi (r.1154–1176). Obverse is inscribed with Najm al-Din / King of Diyar Bakr and shows facing Portraits of the Seleucid Emperor Antiochus VII, after a silver coin. The reverse is inscribed Abu al Muzaffar Alpi bin Timurtash bin il-Ghazi bin Artuq and shows Virgin Mary crowning the Byzantine Emperor Romanos III, after a gold coin.

Copper alloy

Artuqids of Mardin period

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