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1248, Seljuqs of Rum, Rukn al-Din Qilich Arslan IV.  Silver Dirham Coin. Scarce!

Denomination: Dirham Reference: Album 1226. Mint Date: 1248-1249 AD Condition: Damaged flan (broken out fragments, which are lost), corroded, otherwise VF! Diameter: 23mm Weight: 2.16gm Material: Silver

Obverse: Rukn al-Din Qilich Arslan on horseback to right, ready to shoot an arrow; crescent behind, star below, pellet to right; around, name and titles.

Reverse: ame and titles of the Abbasid caliph in polylobe.

Kilij Arslan IV (Old Anatolian Turkish: قِلِج اَرسلان) or Rukn ad-Dīn Qilij Arslān bin Kaykhusraw (Persian: رکن الدین قلج ارسلان بن کیخسرو‎) was Seljuq Sultan of Rûm after the death of his father Kaykhusraw II in 1246. He was installed by the Mongol Empire, as sultan over his elder brother, Kaykaus II.[2] He was executed in 1266 by the Pervâne Mu‘in al-Din Suleyman.