Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Dirham - Qilij Arslan IV 2nd reign
| Issuer | Sultanate of Rûm |
|---|---|
| Year | 1257-1266 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Within a circular border, the tughra or seal of the Sultan is depicted at center, surrounded by the mint name and date of issue. An encircling benedictory or greeting legend frames the design in the outer field. The inscription is rendered in Arabic script in a style characteristic of Seljuk coinage of Anatolia. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Within a beaded circle, the Sultan's titulature is arranged in four lines of Arabic text, divided into two registers by a central arabesque ornament. The calligraphy follows the Naskh or Kufic traditions typical of Seljuk hammered silver coinage of the mid-thirteenth century. The fields surrounding the beaded border are plain. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |