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CNG 85, Lot: 1317. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad I Tapar. AH 492-511 / AD 1105-1118. AV Dinar (22mm, 2.59 g, 7h). Qashan (Kashan) mint. Dated AH 506 (AD 1112/3). Kalima and name of Abbasid caliph al-Mustazhir in four lines; “beq” above, “khalawi” to left, “fakhr al-din” to right; mint formula and AH date in inner margin; Quran 30:3-4 in outer margin / Continuation of Kalima and name and titles of Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad I Tapar in five lines; “Chaghri” to left, “Malik” to right; Umayyad “Second Symbol” (Quran 9:33) in outer margin. Hennequin -; Lowick, Seljuq -; Album -. VF, areas of flat strike. Apparently unique and with an unusual spelling of the mint name.