| Issuer |
Khwarazmian Empire
(Khwarazmian dynasties) |
|---|---|
| Shah |
Muhammad II (1200-1220)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1200-1220 |
| Value | 1 Jital (1⁄50) |
| Currency | Jital (1077-1231) |
| Composition | Billon |
| Weight | 3.1 g |
| Diameter | 15 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 396084 |
| References | Tye# 255 Robert Tye, Monica Tye; 1995. Jitals: A Catalogue and Account of the Coin Denomination of Daily Use in Medieval Afghanistan and North West India. Robert Tye. |
Tye notes the following in his catalogue concerning the iconoclastic types 245 - 288:
“The overview of types outlined above is necessarily provisional, and is likely to be amended by future discoveries, the ghazna-type of the great city of Herat for instance is only known from the chance discovery of a single specimen.”
Indeed, Tye lists #255 as previously unpublished. Thus, it is likely that many varieties exist for each of these types in the Tye catalogue and so variations on the inscriptions are likely. Likewise, variations in the accepted weights are to be expected, e.g., Tye gives the weight of the specimen he examined as 3.1 grams whereas the specimen shown in the photos above is 3.32 grams. In fact, Tye theorizes that the variations in weights and debasement of the silver content during this period may be due to their use as a fiduciary (fiat) currency.
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