217, Lot: 497. Estimate $100. Sold for $430. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Mongols. Chaghatayid Khans. temp. Mubarak Shah. AH 650-658 / AD 1252-1260. AR Dirhem (22mm, 2.00 g, 1h). Almaligh mint. Dated AH 653 (AD 1255/6). Mint name in central Kufic legend; Kalima and name of the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir in inner marginal Kufic legend; mint and date in outer marginal Kufic legend / al-'adil al-a'zam in central Kufic legend; mint name and date in outer marginal Kufic legend. Y&K type AG-2, var. 2-1 (O2-1/R2-1); Nyamaa 49 var. (date); SNA Tübingen 84 (same obv. die); Album 1983 (Orqina Khatun). Good VF for issue, lightly toned, usual areas of flat strike. Rare.