ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Rum. Rukn al-Din Sulayman II, as Malik, AH 589-592 / AD 1193-1196. Fals (Bronze, 31 mm, 7.24 g, 1 h), without mint, no date. Within a dotted circle, horseman advancing to right, holding a mace in his right hand; star to left. Rev. Within a dotted circle, name and title of the ruler as ‘al-malik al-qāhir / Sulaymān Shāh / ibn Qilij Arslān’ (‘The omnipotent king Sulayman Shah, son of Qilij Arslan’ in Arabic). Album 1205.1. Some areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.



This type is presumed to have been struck during Sulayman’s tenure as governor of Tokat.