Seljuks. Western Iran. Rukn al-Din Tughril II, AH 526-529 / AD 1132-1134. Dinar (Gold, 19 mm, 1.57 g, 4 h), [Nishapur?], date off flan. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mustarshid billah (AH 512-529 / AD 1118-1135), ‘… / lā ilāha illā / Allāh Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / al-Mustarshid …’ (‘… There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Mustarshid …’ in Arabic); illegible words around; mint and date formula in the inner margin, mostly off flan; in the outer margin, weak traces of ‘[li-llāh] al-amr min qabl wa min [baʿd wa yawmaʾidhin yafraḥu al-muʾminūn bi naṣr Allāh]’ (‘To Allah belongs the command before and after, and on that day the believers will rejoice with the help of Allah’ in Arabic; Qurʾān 30: 4-5). Rev. Citing Sanjar (AH 511-552 / AD 1118-1157) as his overlord, ‘li-llāh / al-sulṭān al-aʿẓam / Abu’l-Ḥārith Sanjar / al-sulṭān al-muʿaẓẓam / Abū Ṭālib / Ṭughril’ (‘For Allah. The Supreme Sultan Abu’l-Harith Sanjar. The Great Sultan Abu Talib Tughril’ in Arabic); illegible words in the margin. Album 1690A. Extremely rare. Pierced and clipped, otherwise, very fine.