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| Issuer | Khwarezmian Empire |
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| Year | 1200-1220 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing a two-line Arabic inscription in raised relief, reading 'Muhammad / ibn Tekish' (Muhammad, son of Tekish), identifying the ruler as Muhammad II, son of Sultan Tekish, the founder of the Khwarezmian imperial dynasty. The lettering is rendered in a bold, somewhat angular Naskh-influenced script characteristic of early 13th-century Central Asian coinage. The field is flat and unadorned, with a plain border, and the flan exhibits the typical irregular contour and surface roughness of a hammered billon coin struck from hand-cut dies. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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