Jital - temp. Malik of Kurzuwan Mongol Siege Issue

Issuer Kurzuwan, City of
Year 1221
Type Emergency coin
Value 1 Jital
Currency Tanka (1211-1368)
Composition Copper
Weight 3.2 g
Diameter 19 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Tye#324.1-2, A#1971
Obverse description Center circle citing Al-Malik, with ornaments. Date in the margin, surrounded by a border of connected dots.
Obverse script Arabic (kufic)
Obverse lettering Center: المٰلک Margin: بتاريخ ربيع الاخر سنة ثمان عشرة ستمائة
(Translation: Center: Al-Malik Margin: b’ tarikh Rabi’ Al-Akhir sana’ thaman ashr’ sittama(ya’) Center: The Prince Margin: (struck) on the date Rabi’-II, year eight-ten (and) six hundred)
Reverse description Mint name and kalima in four lines, surrounded by a border of connected dots
Reverse script Arabic (kufic)
Reverse lettering کرزوان لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله
(Translation: Kurzuwan la ilah illa Allah Muhammad rasulu allah Kurzuwan Kurzuwan There is no deity except God Muhammad is the messenger of God Kurzuwan)
Edge Smooth
Mint
Mintage ? - -
618 (1221) - Tye 324.1 - Dated Rabi II (June 1221); Kurzuwan Mint -
618 (1221) - Tye 324.2 - Dated Jumada I (June-July 1221); Kurzuwan Mint -
Numisquare ID 7566071760
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