251, Lot: 387. Estimate $400. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Mongols. Great Khans. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AR Dirhem (16mm, 3.06 g, 2h). Ghazna (Ghazni) mint. Undated, struck circa AH 617/8 (AD 1221/2). Nyamaa 2; V.B. dies A2/B2; Album 1967. Good VF, slightly off center.

This is the sole silver coin type bearing the name of Chingiz Khan. It was apparently a long-lived issue, evidenced by a declining silver quality, from fine silver to nearly bronze. Good silver issues, as the present coin, are fairly rare. The obverse has the titles and name of Chingiz, while the reverse has the name and title of the reigning Abbasid caliph. The striking date of this issue is based on SICA 9, with the commentary that these coins are "believed to have been struck at Ghazna during the Mongol pursuit of Jalal al-Din Khwarizmshah in [AH] 617-618."