CNG 85, Lot: 1316. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad I Tapar. AH 492-511 / AD 1099-1118. Pale AV Dinar (22mm, 4.53 g, 10h). Merv mint. Dated AH 493 (AD 1099/1100). Kalima and name of Abbasid caliph al-Mustazhir in four lines; “adil” above, crescent below; sword to left, floral pattern 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; “l’illah” flanking floral design above; bow to left, arrow to right; Umayyad “Second Symbol” (Quran 9:33) in outer margin. Hennequin -; Album 1683. VF, areas of typical flat strike and some deposits.