213, Lot: 531. Estimate $100. Sold for $109. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Mongols. Chaghatayid Khans. temp. Qaidu. Circa AH 668-701 / AD 1268-1301. AR Dirhem (22mm, 1.91 g, 5h). Samarqand mint. Dated AH 686 (AD 1285). Kalima, ornately inscribed in four lines / “The great imam of Samarqand” in three lines; tamgha of Qaidu within first line; date across upper field. Cf. Nyamaa 40 var. (date indistinct, ornaments slightly different); cf. Album 1986 (Duwa). Fine, toned, areas of flat strike.