Khwarizmshahs. 'Ala al-Din Muhammad II. AH 617 (1220 C.E.) Broad Dirham AE

5.00g, Bow-and-arrow type. Unamed (Tirmidh) mint, dated to 617 A.H (1220 C.E.). Rare type, double struck featuring two-bows as a result, a few months after this broad (33mm or so) dirham was minted, the Mongols took and destroyed Tirmidh. This broad-dirham was minted under the 2nd to last shah of the Khwarizmshahs, Ala al-Din Muhammad II, and his empire would be one of the first Islamic empires to see the beginnings of the Mongol rule of the Middle East.