IS95340. Silver dirhem, cf. Mitchiner WOI 983, Izmirlier 464, Album 1218 (none with these controls, date on our coin uncertain), VF, toned, Siwas (Sivas, Turkey) mint, weight 2.987g, maximum diameter 22.6mm, die axis 270
o, AH 637 - 641; obverse al-imam al-mustansir billah amir al-mu'minin (the Imam al-Mustansir, Commander of the Faithful), sun in radiance above lion passant right (the sun in Leo), pellets between rays of sun, no stars or crescents (controls), pellet (control) below lion; reverse in central square: al-sultan / al-a'zam / kaykhusraw / ibn kayqubad (the Supreme Sultan Kaykhusraw ibn Kayqubad); around: mint & dates (struck in Siwas, in the year [639?]) ; ex Specialty Stamp and Coin, Champagne, IL (2002);
scarce variety;
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