ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Rum. Rukn al-Din Sulayman II, AH 592-600 / AD 1196-1204. Dirham (Silver, 23 mm, 2.84 g, 5 h), Konya, AH 596 = AD 1199/200. Within a circle, a mounted warrior to right, holding a mace in his right hand; stars to left and right; floral motif below; citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah (AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225) in the margin, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh Muḥammad rasūl Allāh ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh al-Nāṣir li-dīn Allāh amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him. al-Nasir li-din Allah, Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic). Rev. In the margin, ‘arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih ḍuriba bi Qūniya sana sitt tisʿīn’, continued in the central circle, ‘wa khamsa miʾa / al-sulṭān al-qāhir / Abu’l-Fatḥ Sulaymān ibn / Qilij Arslān nāṣir / amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘He [i.e., Allah] sent him [i.e., Muhammad] with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions. Struck in Konya in the year 596. The omnipotent sultan, Abu’l-Fath Sulayman son of Qilij Arslan, helper of the Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic). Album 1204. Very rare. Some deposits, minor scratches and an edge crack, otherwise, good very fine.