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Jital - 'Ala al-din Muhammad 'Muhammad II of Khwarezm' Qunduz mint
| Issuer | Khwarezmian Empire |
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| Year | 1200-1220 |
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| Weight | 4.5 g |
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| Obverse description | Crudely struck hammered billon flan bearing a bold Arabic epigraphic design in the central field, with stylized calligraphic strokes executed in a characteristically debased hand typical of Central Asian jitals of this period. The legend is disposed across the flan in an informal, non-framed arrangement, with individual letter forms showing the angular, schematic quality common to the Qunduz mint issues. The overall surface exhibits a grey-green patina consistent with long-term burial, and the flan is slightly irregular in outline. No figural imagery is present; the design is entirely calligraphic in conception. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents an Arabic inscription filling the central field, reading 'al-Sultan al-A'zam 'Ala' al-Dunya wa al-Din Muhammad', the full honorific titulature of Sultan Muhammad II of Khwarezm. The lettering is rendered in a compressed, informal naskh-derived hand characteristic of hammered billon coinage struck at provincial Central Asian mints. The inscription occupies the majority of the flan without a formal border or frame, and individual characters are partially merged or simplified due to the exigencies of the die-cutting technique. The surface is heavily worn and encrusted, with portions of the legend obscured by patina. A plain inner circle may have originally bordered the legend field, though this is largely indistinct on this example. |
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| Mint | Qunduz |
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