ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Danishmendids (Sivas). Malik Muhammad, AH 528-536 / AD 1134-1142. Dirham (Bronze, 27 mm, 4.61 g, 6 h). In a dotted circle, legend in four lines continued on the reverse, ‘ΟΜΜΕ/ΛΗΚΙC Ρ/ΑCHC Ρω/ΜΑΝΙΑC’. Rev. ‘ΚΑΙ ΑΝ/ΑΤΟΛΗΕ / ΜΑXΑΜ/ΑΤΗC’ (‘Great King of the land of the Romans and Anatolia, Muhammad’ in Greek). Album 1238. Very rare. Areas of weakness and with some deposits, otherwise, about very fine.


The Greek legend on this interesting issue reads 'Great King of the land of the Romans and Anatolia, Muhammad'.