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Jital - 'Ala al-din Muhammad Ghor horseman/twig
| Issuer | Khwarazmian Empire (Khwarazmian dynasties) |
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| Year | 1200-1220 |
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| Currency | Jital (1077-1231) |
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| Obverse description | Horse depicted in left-facing profile with a mounted rider in the field, the rider holding aloft a three-leafed twig or branch. The design is rendered in a bold, schematic style typical of Ghorid-period jitals, with the horse and rider occupying the central field. The entire motif is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | Three lines of Arabic legend arranged horizontally across the central field, enclosed within a dotted (beaded) inner circle which is itself set between two continuous outer circles, forming a double-ringed border. The inscription is characteristic of Ghorid and early Khwarazmian coinage of the period, rendered in a schematic Kufic or Naskh script. |
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| Mintage | ND (1200-1220) |
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