ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Seljuk). Ghurids (Ghur & Ghazna). Taj al-Din Yildiz, AH 602-612 / AD 1206-1215. Jital (Bronze, 15 mm, 2.81 g), Ghazna. Citing his deceased master and overlord Muhammad ibn Sam as ‘al-Sulṭā[n / a]l-Aʿẓam Muʿi[zz / a]l-Dunyā wa al[-Dīn]’ (‘The supreme Sultan, the Glorifier of the World and Religion’ in Arabic). Rev. ‘ʿab[duhū] / al-malik al-muʿa[ẓẓam] / Tāj al-Dīn’ (‘His servant, the great king Taj al-Din’ in Arabic). Album 1798. Tye 199. Good very fine.

From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, 6361.