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Dirham - 'Ala al-din Muhammad 'Muhammad II of Khwarezm'
| Issuer | Khwarezmian Empire |
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| Year | 1200-1220 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1077-1231) |
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| Reverse description | Six-pointed star (hexagram) of identical geometric design to the obverse, with the interior compartments bearing multi-line Arabic Naskh inscriptions giving the Abbasid caliph's name and the Shahada or further titles of Sultan 'Ala al-Din Muhammad II. The star's arms are bounded by pellet-bordered linear ridges, with subsidiary Arabic legends occupying the inter-point fields. The whole is enclosed within a dotted outer border following the contour of the roughly struck, irregular flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1200-1220) |
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