Islamic coin – HCR13002

Obverse

Inscription:

السلطان الاعظم / غياث الدنيا و الدين / كيخسرو بن قلج / ارسلان

Design:

Arabic inscription in field with arabesque above, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

Inscription:

الملك لله

Design:

Arabic inscription in field with two stars below, enclosed by hexafoil and plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

Seljūqs of Rūm

Reign

Kaykhusraw III

Person

Kaykhusraw III, 1265 - 1282 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Sīwās (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denomination

Dirham

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

673 AH (=AD 1274-1275)

Note

unit and decade of date in diwani

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.7

Axis

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

1886

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Purchased, 1886.

Translation (obverse)

the Supreme Sultan, Ghiyåth al-Dūnyā al-Dīn, Kaykhusraw b. Qilij Arslan

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

the King, to God

Secondary inscription (reverse)

ضرب بسيواس سنة ثل عر و ستمئة

Translation (reverse)

struck in Sīwās (in) the year 673

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Reference

SICA 7 : 277

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson, cgallacher