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| Emittent | Khwarezmian Empire |
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| Jahr | 1218 |
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| Material | Gold |
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| Aversschrift | Arabic |
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| Reversbeschreibung | Central field contains a five-line Arabic inscription presenting the full titulature of the Khwarazmshah Sultan 'Ala al-Din Muhammad II (Abu al-Fath Muhammad ibn al-Sultan). The marginal legend records the mint name of Ghazna and the date of striking, given as the year 614 AH (1218 CE), arranged in the standard Islamic regnal formula. The reverse layout mirrors the obverse in its epigraphic style, with bold, well-spaced script filling the available field. |
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Muhammad II's gold multi-dinar issues were struck at a moment when the Khwarezmian Empire was at its territorial peak, having absorbed much of Transoxiana and Persia into a domain that briefly rivaled anything in the Islamic world. Within a year of this coin's minting, Genghis Khan's invasion would begin dismantling that empire with a speed that stunned contemporary chroniclers — Samarkand fell in 1220, Muhammad II himself dying as a fugitive on a Caspian island before the year was out.
At roughly 44 grams, this denomination corresponds to ten mithqals, the mithqal being the classical Islamic weight standard of approximately 4.25 grams. Issues of this mass were not struck for commerce.