Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Rum. Kay Ka'us II, Qilich Arslan IV, & Kay Qubadh II, AH 647-657 / AD 1249-1259. Dinar (Gold, 25 mm, 3.81 g, 12 h), citing Abbasid Caliph Al-Musta'sim billah (1242-1258), Konya, AH 648 = AD 1250/1. In field, 'لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله الإمام المستعصم بالله أمير المؤمنين ضرب الدينار في سنة ثمان اربعين ستمائة بقونية' ('there is no God except Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, the Imam al-Musta'sim billah, Commander of the Faithful. This dinar was struck in year eight [and] forty [and] six hundred at Konya' in Kufic). Rev. In field, 'السلاطين الأعاظم عز الدنيا و الدين كيكاوس و ركن الدنيا و الدين قلج أرسلان و علاء الدنيا و الدين كيقباد بن كيخسرو براهين أمير المؤمنين' ('the great Sultans, 'Izz al-Dunya wa'l-Din Kayka'us and Rukn al-Dunya wa'l-Din Qilij Arslan and 'Ala al-Dunya wa'l-Din Kayqubad ibn Kaykhusraw, evidence [for the power of the] Commander of the Faithful' in Kufic). Album A1227. Lustrous and sharp. Virtually as struck.


Ex Künker 347, 22 March 2021, 1336.