Sivas   Rum Seljuq
Kaykhusraw II    634 - 644 AH

Dirham AR 22

SHH 721

Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference

2.99 g   21.8-22.4 mm   7:00 o'clock   VF Lion advancing right; sun above; three eight-rayed stars in field; inscription around ﻦﻴﻨﻣﺆﻤﻟﺍﺮﻴﻣﺍ ﻪﻠﻟﺎﺑﺮﺼﻨﺘﺴﻤﻟﺍ ﻢﺎﻣﻻﺍ (Şir-i Hurşid tasviri.  El-imam el-Mustansır billah emir'ül müminin); border of dots. Central inscription ﺩﺎﺒﻘﻴﻛ  ﻦﺑ ﻭﺮﺴﺨﻴﻛ  ﻢﻈﻋﻻﺍ  ﻥﺎﻄﻠﺴﻟﺍ  (Es-sultan'ül azam Keyhüsrev bin Keykubad); inscription around ﺔﺋﺎﻤﺘﺳﻭ  ﻦﻴﺜﻼﺛﻭ  ﻥﺎﻤﺛ  ﺔﻨﺳ  ﻰﻓ  ﺱﺍﻮﻴﺴﺑ  ﺏﺮﺿ (Duribe bi-Sivas fi sene 638); border of dots. Minted in Sivas 638 AH. Inscriptions taken from Anatolian Coins Album 1218; Anatolian Coins cf. UE 1099, UE-1104; Zeno cf. 94419