ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Rum. Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II, first reign, AH 634-644 / AD 1237-1246. Dirham (Silver, 22 mm, 2.94 g, 1 h), Konya, AH 639 = 1241/2. Lion and sun; citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mustanṣir billāh (AH 623-640 / AD 1226-1242) in the outer margin; around the sun, mint formula. Rev. ‘al-sulṭān al-aʿẓam / Ghiyāth al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn / Kaykhusraw ibn Kayqubād’ (‘the Supreme Sultan Ghiyath al-Dunya wa al-Din Kaykhusraw, son of Kayqubad’ in Arabic); above and bottom, ‘sana tisʿ [wa] thalāthīn ˗ wa sitta miʾa’ (‘Year 639’ in Arabic), all within a dotted circle. Album 1218. Minor areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.