20150730

Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus II Theos BCE 261-246


AE 10mm, 0.77g, 12h, Sardes mint

SC 530.1 (as no controls are readily visible)
WSM 1384
HSC 288 (R2-3)

O: laur. Hd of Apollo three quarters r.

R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r. ANTIOXOY on l., tripod, standing on Seleucid symbol (anchor r.)

Most if not all of the inscription is not readily visible

ISLAMIC/Artuqid (Mardin), Najm ad-Din as-Sa'id Ghazi I AH 637-658/CE 1239-1260


AR Dirham, 22mm, 2.7 g, 7h. Mardin mint AH 643/CE 1245-1246

Album 1834.2 (S)

O: outer hexagram Shahada
inner hexagram al-Imam al-Mustasim/billahi Amir al-Mu'minin

R: outer hexagram duriba bi-Mardin sanah thalatha arba'in sittami'ah
inner hexagram al-Malik as-Salih Ayyub/ al-Malik as-Sa'id Ghazi