Seljuk of Rum - Kaykhusraw II Dinar of Konya 1240 A.D.

Moneta — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 16:11:49 -0700

by: Moneta

Description: Kaykhusraw II Dinar (dirham) - minted in Konya - Anatolia AH 639 - 641 (1240 - 1243 A.D.). Sun in the House of Leo design. Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw II (Persian) Kaykhusraw bin Kayqub) was the sultan of the Seljuqs of Rum from 1237 until his death in 1246. He ruled at the time of the Babai uprising and the Mongol invasion of Anatolia. He led the Seljuq army with its Christian allies at the Battle of Kose Dag in 1243 AD. He was the last of the Seljuq sultans to wield any significant power and died a vassal of the Mongols. Between 638 and 641 A.H. (ca. 1240-1243) a series of remarkable silver dirhams were struck in Kaykhusraws name at Sivas and Konya depicting a lion and sun. While coins with images are not unknown in Islamic lands, particularly in the centuries following the Crusades, some Islamic traditions forbid representations of living things. Several explanations of the lion and sun have been offered. One suggests that the images represent the constellation Leo, the astrological sign of Kaykhusraw's beloved Georgian wife Tamar. Another says that the lion represents Kaykhusraw and the sun Tamar.

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ARMENIA (KINGDOM)~AR Bilingual Tram 1236-1245 AD

Zantetsuken — Sun, 16 May 2010 19:26:55 -0700

by: Zantetsuken

Description: Bilingual Tram depicting King: Hetoum on the obverse mounted on horseback holding a staff, with his name and title in Armenian text. The reverse shows in Arabic text the name and title of Kaykhusraw from the Seljuq tribe.

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Seljuk of Rum - Kaykhusraw II Dinar of Konya 1240 A.D.

ARMENIA (KINGDOM)~AR Bilingual Tram 1236-1245 AD