ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Rum. Tughril ibn Qilich Arslan II, circa AH 580s-618 / AD 1180s-1221. Dirham (Silver, 24 mm, 3.08 g, 6 h), citing the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah (1180-1225), Erzurum, AH 616 = AD 1219/20. In inner field, ‘the Imam, there is no god except Allah, alone, He has no partner, Al-Nasir li-Din Allah, Commander of the Faithful’ in Kufic; in margin, ‘this dinar was struck at Erzurum’ in Kufic. Rev. In inner field, ‘Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah, Mughith al-Dunya wa’l-Din, Abu Al-Fath Tughril ibn Qilij Arslan’ in Kufic; in margin, ‘year six and ten and six hundred’ in Kufic. Broome 105iib. Izmirlier 67. Some corrosion and with minor scratches, otherwise, about very fine.

Ex Leu Web Auction 20, 16-18 July 2022, 3427 and previously from a European collection, privately acquired before 2021.