Lot 56-203. Khwarizmshahs. 'Ala al-Din Muhammad II. 596-617/1200-1220. AE jital. Siege issue. Kurzuwan mint, dated Rabi’ II AH 618 (May-June A.D. 1221).

Khwarizmshahs. 'Ala al-Din Muhammad II. 596-617/1200-1220. AE jital (20.2 mm, 3.26 g, 6 h). Siege issue. Kurzuwan mint, dated Rabi’ II AH 618 (May-June A.D. 1221). Kalima in three lines across field / “al-malik” across field; date in outer margin. Album 1971; Tye 324.1. aVF. 

According to Album, this coin was "formerly considered an issue of Chingiz Khan, although the type is now regarded as having been struck at Kurzuwan while under siege by the Mongols. It is one of the very few identifiable 'siege coins' of the Islamic world."

 

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