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Fals - Kayka'us I
| Issuer | Rûm Sultanate |
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| Year | 1211-1220 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Reverse field filled entirely with a multi-line Arabic religious or regnal inscription disposed in horizontal registers, surrounded by a dotted or beaded circular border. The legend, struck in angular Kufic-influenced script, likely carries the Shahada or Abbasid caliph's name alongside the sultan's honorific titles, following the standard Seljuk of Rum fals format. The strike is characteristically uneven, with areas of weakness at the periphery due to the irregular copper flan. No figural imagery is present, adhering to orthodox Islamic epigraphic convention. |
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| Mintage | ND (1211-1220) |
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Kayka'us I consolidated Seljuk power in Anatolia after defeating the Armenians of Cilicia and extracting tribute from the Crusader states — a political position strong enough to justify a reformed copper coinage that broke from the purely imitative fals types that had circulated in the region for decades. His reign is notably brief in numismatic terms; the copper series attributed to it remains poorly understood, with die linkage studies still contested among specialists.