Billon "bull" jital of Sultan Mohamed (1200-20), Kurraman, Khwarezm Empire T#292

Sri Samanta in Nagari above the bull, Kuramman below the bull // Arabic inscription Al-sultan al-azam abu'l fath Mohamed bin al-Sultan in a number of lines. Kuramman mint. 14mm, 2.95 grams. Tye 292.

High quality example with excellent surfaces and without metal breaks, rare this nice.

Mohamed Khwarezmshah was the most famous and powerful of the rulers of Khwarezm, though he is most known for his downfall and the story of the great expansion of the Empire of Genghis Khan. In 1218, Genghis Khan sent some emissaries to the Shah, but when he executed the Mongol diplomats in defiance of the emerging great power, Genghis retaliated with a force of 200,000 men. In February 1220 the Mongolian army crossed the Syr Darya and launched the Mongol invasion of Central Asia. The Mongols stormed Bukhara, Samarkand, and the Khwarezmid capital Urgench. The Shah fled and died some weeks later on an island in the Caspian Sea.