Saljuqs of Rum
Rukn al-Din Sulayman bin Qilich Arslan. As sultan, AH 593-600 / AD 1197-1204 Copper dirham 598 H., uncertain mint. St. George on horseback to right slaying the dragon, the name of the caliph above. Rev. name and title. Album 1205. 5.66 g.; Very fine
From the bequest of Arthistorian and Orientalist Dr. Kurt Erdmann (1901-1964).