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Fals - Kaykhusraw II Erzurum mint
| Issuer | Rûm Sultanate |
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| Year | 1237-1246 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Irregular hammered copper flan bearing a multi-line Arabic legend in Naskh script disposed across the field, with star-shaped ornamental devices interspersed between the lines of inscription. The legends reference the ruling sultan Kaykhusraw II and are arranged in horizontal bands separated by a ruled line, with additional epigraphic elements visible in the upper and lower margins. The overall style is characteristic of Anatolian Seljuk provincial copper coinage, with bold raised lettering on a flat, unadorned field. |
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| Reverse lettering | الله |
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Kaykhusraw II inherited the Rum Seljuk throne in 1237 under regency, his reign defined almost immediately by the Mongol invasion that culminated at the Battle of Köse Dağ in 1243 — a catastrophic defeat that reduced the sultanate to a Mongol tributary within a decade. The Erzurum mint was geographically among the first Anatolian production centers exposed to Mongol pressure from the east, making output from this facility during the 1240s increasingly erratic as administrative control fragmented.