2,000 Fatimid Dinars and fractions found in sea off of Qesarya, Israel, click NYT link to read

NYT Article link

For more info, please click this link for an archaeological perspective

ISLAMIC/Seljuq of Rum; Kaykhushru II (غياث الدين كيخسرو بن كيقباد) CE 1236-1245

AR Dirham; 22 mm, 2.93 g, 12h, Sivas mint, AH 639/CE 1241-1242

Album 1218

O: الامام المستنصربالله اميرالمؤمنين
al-Imam al-Mustansir billah Amir al-Mu’minin, sun face, lion and stars

“the Imam al-Mustansir billah, Commander of the Faithful” Mustansir ruled from CE 1226-1242.

R: السلطان \ الاعظم \ كيخشرو \ بن كيقبد
 in field as-Sultan/al-a’zam/Kaykhushraw/bin Kayqubad

“The Greatest Sultan Kaykhushraw b. Kayqubad”
ضرب هذا الدرهم \ سوس في \ سنة تسع \ وثلثين و ستمائة

Around outside of square duriba hadha’d-dirham/ Siwas fi/sana tis’a/wa-thalathin wa-sittamia’a

“This dirham was struck at Sivas in the year 639”

For information on the Sun & Lion depiction please refer to the following web page:

http://mehmeteti.150m.com/thamara/index.htm

accessed from http://kids.britannica.com/eb/art-677/Rum-Seljuq-sultanate 18 Feb 2015