ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Rum. Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II, first reign, AH 634-644 / AD 1237-1246. Dirham (Silver, 22 mm, 2.98 g, 12 h), Konya, AH 639 = 1241/2. Lion and sun; citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mustanṣir billāh (AH 623-640 / AD 1226-1242) in the outer margin; around the sun, mint formula. Rev. ‘al-sulṭān al-aʿẓam / Ghiyāth al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn / Kaykhusraw ibn Kayqubād’ (‘the Great Sultan Ghiyath al-Dunya wa al-Din Kaykhusraw, son of Kayqubad’ in Arabic); above and bottom, ‘sana tisʿ [wa] thalāthīn ˗ wa sitta miʾa’ (‘Year 639’ in Arabic). Album 1218. Minor areas of weakness, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the Sam 'Duck' Reed Collection, ex Rath FPL, 6 March 1990, 281.