Just a very beautiful Islamic coin that I bought recently.

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by paschka, Sep 3, 2023.

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    Nice to have one with a portrait on. I know nothing about them at all. I was given one as a gift from a fellow collector. Do you know any details about your coin?
    Mine is text both sides
    Islamic AE Fals 21mm, 4.06g
    Seljuqs of Rum, Kaykhusraw II b. Kayqubad. 1236-1245, Album 1220
    Left image, the Kalima reads; "there is no god but / Allah; Muhammad / is the apostle of Allah"
    Right image reads; "the sultan the very great / Kaykhusraw / bin Kayqubad"

    Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw ibn Kayqubād or Kaykhusraw II was the sultan of the Seljuqs of Rûm from 1237 until his death in 1246. He ruled at the time of the Babai uprising and the Mongol invasion of Anatolia. He led the Seljuq army with its Christian allies at the Battle of Köse Dağ in 1243.
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