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Fals - Kaykhusraw II
| Issuer | Rûm Sultanate |
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| Year | 1237-1246 |
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| Value | 1 Fals (1⁄60) |
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| Obverse description | Struck on an irregular copper flan typical of Seljuk hammered coinage, the obverse bears a multi-line Arabic inscription in Naskh script arranged across the field, naming the sultan Kaykhusraw II. The lettering is bold and raised, with individual characters showing the characteristic angular treatment of 13th-century Anatolian die-cutting. The flan edges are uneven, a common feature of hand-struck Rum Seljuk copper issues, and the surfaces display a natural brown patina with areas of earthen encrustation. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kaykhusraw II inherited the Seljuk throne of Rûm in 1237 under a regency, his reign defined almost immediately by the Mongol invasion that culminated in the catastrophic Seljuk defeat at Köse Dağ in 1243. After that battle, the sultanate became a Mongol vassal, paying tribute to the Ilkhanate and losing effective independence — a political collapse that makes any copper issue from this reign a relic of a state in the process of being absorbed. Copper fals of this period circulated in Anatolian markets still functioning under Seljuk administrative forms, even as the political reality above them had fundamentally changed.