Islamic coin – HCR12979

Obverse

Inscription:

السلطان الاعظم / عز الدنيا و الدين كيكاوس / بن كيخسرو برهان امير المؤمنين / ضرب بكمش بازار

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

Inscription:

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / الامام المسعصم بالله / امير المؤمنين سنة / ر ح لا

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

Seljūqs of Rūm

Reign

Kaykā’ūs II

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258 (ruler/authority) , Kaykā’ūs II, 1237 - 1246 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Gumushbāzār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denomination

Dirham

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

656 AH (=AD 1258)

Note

all of date in diwani characters

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.96

Axis

Diameter (mm)

23.5

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition collection reference

M. Thorburn

Acquisition date

1966

Source

M. Thorburn

Source of funds

Committee for Advanced Studies Fund

Acquisition credit

Purchased with the assistance of the Committee for Advanced Studies Fund, 1966.

holed

Translation (obverse)

the Supreme Sultan, over the world and the religion, father of conquest, Kaykā’ūs b. Kaykhusraw, the representative of the Commander of the Believers, struck in Gumushbāzār

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

there is no god but God, Muḥammad is the messenger of God, the Imam al-Musta‘ṣim billah, Commander of the Believers, (in) the year 656

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Reference

SICA 7 : 270

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson