| Kay Qubâdh I - Konya Mint | ||||
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Kay Qubâdh continued his brother’s policy of using only two main mints, Konya and Sivas, but Kayseri was opened for a few years in 616, presumably to cope with an increased demand for coins. Both Konya and Sivas produced large numbers of silver dirhams between 616 and 634. There was a slowing of production at Konya in 620 and 621 with no specimens at all recorded for 622 but Sivas seems to have minted dirhams continuously throughout the reign. Both mints also produced half dirhams intermittently. The silver dirhams were produced to a very consistent standard of about 2.8 grams, using flans somewhat smaller than those of Kay Kâwûs. They are close to a true circle in shape and most show striking cracks around the edge. The legends describe Kay Qubâdh as ‘al-Sultân al-Mu‘azzam. The same exalted title was used on the rare dirhams from Erzurum, and its adoption presumably stems from Kay Qubâdh’s capture of the city the previous year. The coins with the lesser title also appear in three versions, at Konya between 616 and 623, and at Sivas between 623 and 626. The normal version gives Kay Qubâdh just his simple patronymic, ‘bin Kay Khusraw’, the second extends this to include his ‘laqab’ of ‘‘Alâ al-Dunyâ wa al-Din’, and the third adds to this the ‘kunya’ ‘Abû’l-Fath’. For much of the period the ubiquitous star appears on most coins from both main mints although often without particular emphasis. On the gold, the only other symbol appearing is an ‘ea’ and it might be assumed that this was the most important symbol at the time. However, on the silver other symbols were given prominence. At the beginning of the reign, the ‘cb’, as found on Kay Kâwûs’ coins of 608 to 610, reappears at both Konya and Sivas. A year later, Konya replaced this with an ‘ea’ which was then used intermittently up to 630. In parallel with these coins, a series running from 621 to 631 has a row of three prominent stars and these are followed by another with an ‘et’, very similar to the symbol placed on his silver coins from Tokat by Kay Qubâdh when he was only a ‘malik’. Kay Qubâdh coins of the Konya mint in Broom: # 138-160 |
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