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Jital - Taj al-Din Yildiz
| Issuer | Ghurid dynasty |
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| Year | 1206-1215 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Equestrian figure depicted in profile facing left, the rider seated upon a walking horse and brandishing a spear held upright in the right hand; the design is contained within a plain inner circle typical of the Indo-Muslim jital series. The execution is characteristic of the schematic, stylized die-cutting convention of Ghurid billon coinage, with the horse and rider rendered in low relief on an irregular flan. The overall composition continues the iconographic tradition inherited from earlier Ghaznavid equestrian types. |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing a four-line Arabic inscription arranged horizontally within a circular border; the legend is enclosed by a beaded or rope-pattern border forming the rim. The epigraphy is characteristic of the Naskh-influenced die-cutting used on late Ghurid billon issues, with the text disposed in stacked lines filling the inner circle. The flan is irregularly shaped and slightly clipped, as is typical for hammered jitals of this period, with the reverse design incompletely centered. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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