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Fals - Sulayman II Horseman type
| Issuer | Rûm Sultanate |
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| Year | 1196-1204 |
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| Value | 1 Fals (1⁄60) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Three-line Arabic inscription in Kufic-influenced Naskh script filling the central field, containing the name and titles of Sultan Sulayman II ibn Qilij Arslan. The legend is arranged in horizontal registers across the flan, with individual words clearly delineated. The inscription is enclosed within a border of raised pellets following the irregular circumference of the flan, consistent with the hammered coinage convention of the Rûm Seljuk sultanate. |
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Sulayman II's reign over the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm was defined by constant military pressure — from the rival Saltukids in the east, the Danishmendids, and persistent Byzantine interference along the western frontiers. The horseman type on these copper fals was not decorative vanity; it echoed the martial identity of a ruler who spent most of his reign campaigning. Rûm's copper coinage was largely fiduciary and locally absorbed, rarely traveling far from Anatolian market towns.
Sulayman II died in 1204 at the Battle of Erzurum against the Georgians under Queen Tamar.