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Kaykhusraw I Fals face type, first reign

Issuer Rûm Sultanate
Year 1192-1196
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Value 1 Fals (1⁄60)
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Reverse description Central field occupied by a four-line Arabic legend arranged horizontally across the flan, set within a plain border with a partial dotted inner circle visible along the lower rim. The inscription, executed in angular Naskh script, names the sultan and his lineage. The die work is bold but somewhat irregular, consistent with provincial hammered copper coinage. The field surrounding the inscription shows characteristic flat relief with no additional decorative elements.
Reverse script Arabic
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Kaykhusraw I's first reign was cut short when his brother Süleymanshah II seized the Seljuk throne of Rûm in 1196, forcing him into exile at the Byzantine court in Constantinople — an unusual refuge that speaks to the fluid political relationships along the Anatolian frontier. He would not recover the sultanate until 1205. Copper fals of this period circulated in local markets largely invisible to the dynastic turbulence above them, struck for the bazaars of Konya and Sivas while the succession crisis unfolded.

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