IS88011. Silver dirhem, Izmirlier 457, Mitchiner 982 var. (no crescent), Album 1218, VF, light golden toning, slightly off center on a tight flan, Siwas (Sivas, Turkey) mint, weight 2.867g, maximum diameter 22.1mm, die axis 270
o, AH 638; obverse al-imam al-mustansir billah amir al-mu’minin (the Imam al-Mustansir, Commander of the Faithful), sun in radiance (the sun in Leo) above lion passant to right, crescent over star to left of sun, star below lion, pellet below raised left foreleg; reverse in central square: al-sultan / al-a'zam / kaykhusraw / ibn kayqubad (the Supreme Sultan Kaykhusraw ibn Kayqubad); above: (duriba) hadha'l-dirham; right: sittmi'a (this dirham was struck in Siwas, in the year 38, six hundred); below: fi sana arb‘in ; ex Specialty Stamp and Coin, Champagne, IL (2002);
scarce variety;
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