Dirham - Kaya'us II / Qilij Arslan IV / Kayqubad II
Dirham - Kaya'us II / Qilij Arslan IV / Kayqubad II
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Issuer
Rûm Sultanate
Year
1249-1259
Type
Standard circulation coin
Value
1 Dirham (0.7)
Currency
Dinar (1016-1308)
Composition
Silver
Weight
3 g
Dimensions
21.5 mm
Thickness
Shape and Technique
Round (irregular) Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Obverse script
Arabic
Obverse lettering
لا إله
إلا الله محمد رسول الله الإمام المستعصم بالله أمير المؤمنين ضرب في
سنة ثمان أربعين و ستمائة بقونية (Translation: There is no god except Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, the Imam Al-Musta’sim Bi’llah (the Abbasid caliph), Commander of the Faithful, struck in the year eight forty and six hundred (648) in Konya)
Reverse description
Reverse script
Arabic
Reverse lettering
السلاطين الأعاظم عز الدنيا و الدين كيكاوس و ركن
الدنيا و الدين قلج ارسلان و علاء الدنيا و الدين كيقباد بن كيخسرو
براهين أمير المؤمنين (Translation: The great Sultans, glory of the worldly life and religion Kayka’us, and pillar of the worldly life and religion Qilij Arslan, and the highness of the worldly life and religion Kayqubad Ibn Kaykhusraw, all of whom the evidence [of the power] of the Commander of the Faithful (referring to the Abbasid caliph))