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Kaykhusraw I Fals face type, first reign
| Issuer | Rûm Sultanate |
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| Year | 1192-1196 |
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| Value | 1 Fals (1⁄60) |
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| Obverse description | Frontal bust of the sultan rendered in a Byzantine-influenced style, depicted with mid-length hair and holding a scepter in the right hand. The effigy is presented in a hieratic, flat relief characteristic of Seljuk copper coinage of the period, with the figure occupying the central field. The portrait betrays a conscious borrowing from Byzantine imperial iconography, reflecting the cultural synthesis of the Anatolian Seljuk court. The irregular flan and crude die work are typical of hammered copper fals of this series. |
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| 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.