Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1253. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Mongols. Great Khans. Möngke. AH 649-658 / AD 1251-1260. AR Dirhem (2.75 g, 11h). Tiflis mint. Struck under Davit VII Ulu, King of Gerogia. Dated AH 651 (AD 1253/4). Legend citing Möngke as overlord in three lines across field; formula “by the power of Heaven” above, AH date below / Name and title of Davit in three lines across field; mint signature below. Nyamaa, p. 136; Kapanadze 87; Album -. VF, toned. Attractive, well-centered strike.