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1 Dinar - Sanjar Balkh, viceroy under the Seljuq Barkiyaruq
| Issuer | Seljuq Dynasty |
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| Year | 1098 |
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| Currency | Dinar (628/632-1598) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Sanjar — later the Great Seljuq sultan who would rule Khorasan for decades — was at this point a teenager governing Balkh as viceroy under his brother Barkiyaruq, whose own reign was consumed by a protracted civil war against their brother Muhammad Tapar. Coinage struck in Sanjar's name from Balkh during this period documents a feudal minting hierarchy rarely this legible: a subordinate prince, a contested suzerain, a disputed empire.
The pale gold fabric is consistent with Khorasani mint output of the period, where alloy composition varied by regional bullion supply rather than imperial standard.