Light weight solidus (23 siliquae) of Maurice Tiberius, Constantinople
Light weight solidus (23 siliquae) of Maurice Tiberius, Constantinople, 583-601 CE, gold, 4.21 g, Harvard Art Museums
Obv.: Bust of Maurice Tiberius facing, in cuirass and helmet with plume, circlet in front and pendilia. Holds globe cruciger in r. hand. Over l. shoulder, fold of paludamentum. In field r., star. Rev.: Angel standing, facing. holding long staff with Chi-Ro in r. hand, and globe cruciger in l. In field r., star.
Copper Dirham of Nasr al-Din Artuq Arslan, minted at Mardin
Copper Dirham of Nasr al-Din Artuq Arslan, minted at Mardin, c. 1230, copper, 6.51 g, Harvard Art Museums
Obv.: In center of linear circle, ruler, nimbate seated cross-legged, in his left hand an orb; stars in upper left and upper right field. Rev.: kufic legend. This copper coin was struck at the Mardin mint ca. 1230 (the final digit in the date is illegible) during the reign of Nasr al-Din Artuk Arslan (r. 1201-39). The obverse features a figure seated in a cross-legged position on a square-backed throne. His left hand holds an orb and his right hand rests on his thigh. A kufic legend runs about two-thirds of the way around the coin, giving the royal and personal titles and names of the new Rum Seljuk overlord Kay Khusraw II, and the additional title Qasim amir al-Muminin. On the reverse is written in five lines a kufic legend, that gives the royal and religious titles and name of the `Abbasid caliph al-Mustansir on the first through third lines, and the title and name of the Artukid ruler on the fourth and fifth lines; mint name in the margin above, and the date in the left and right margins.
Dirham of Kay Khusraw II, 1235-1237 / AH 639, silver, 2.97 g, Harvard Art Museums
Dirham of Khusrau II, 590-628 CE, silver, 4.14 g, Harvard Art Museums
Dirham of Rusudan of Georgia, 1230, silver, 2.61 g, Harvard Art Museums
Dirham of Abd al-Malik, Damascus, 704 CE, silver, 2.78 g, Harvard Art Museums
Dinar of al-Amir, Misr, 12th century, gold, 3.93 g, Harvard Art Museums
Coin of Badr Al-Din Lu'lu, Mosul, 1234-1259 CE, bronze, 7.81 g, Harvard Art Museums
Obv.: diademed classical head facing left of the ruler on Rev.: inscription in nastaliq script
Imitation of Dinar of al-Amir, Misr, 12th century, gold, 3.74 g, Harvard Art Museums