Artuqids Mardin Najm al-Din Alpi AH547-572 (1152-1176 A.D.) AE Follis
Artuqids Mardin Najm al-Din Alpi AH547-572 (1152-1176 A.D.)
AE Follis 5.4 g. 22 mm. after AH555 Mayyafariqin mint
Square counterstamp 'Lillah' on Byzantine anonymous follis host.
Byzantine host.
C/M: Lowick MH 17 (or 18?); Album 1958; Host: SB Anonymous Class K 1901
VF. Brown patina with some rusty spots. Counterstamp VF, host Good.
Mild porosity and adhesions. Counterstamp uneven and partially off flan.
Includes ticket citing that this coin is ex. Mardin Hoard (though we disagree with its reading of the counterstamp).
The counterstamp on this example is poorly struck and partially off the flan, so it is difficult to determine its exact lettering. It is likely MH 17 but may also be MH 18. Lowick attributes both to an Artuqid ruler, likely Najm al-Din Alpi. This example is struck on an anonymous Byzantine follis attributed to the reign of Alexius, 1081-1118 A.D. If this is indeed MH 17, only 70 were present in the Mardin Hoard.
The Mardin Hoard was a large group of copper coins found before 1972 in the vacinity of Mardin in modern-day southeastern Turkey. The hoard consisted of at least 13,500 pieces, including around 2,200 Byzantine folles countermarked by local Islamic rulers, as reported by N. M. Lowick, author of 'The Mardin Hoard,' a 1977 book published to document the countermarks found on the coins. The hoard was important in further understanding patterns of circulation and countermarking of Byzantine coins still being used in lands recently claimed by Islamic rulers. Most examples are heavily worn from circulation and many are countermarked several times, some on top of each other.
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