318, Lot: 911. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Abaqa. AH 663-681 / AD 1265-1282. AV Dinar (25mm, 5.61 g, 8h). Madinat (Tabriz) mint. Dated AH 679 (AD 1280/1). Kalima and “wa-alihi” in three lines; “al-hamd li-llah” above, blundered “wa-sallama” below, mint formula and AH date in outer margin / Name and titles of Abaqa in Uyghur in five lines; trace of ornament above, pellet below. Cf. Diler A-87 (for type); SICA 9 –; Album 2126.2. Good VF, clipped. Very rare.

Ex Iran Hoard (circa 1965), no. 24.

Some 100 similar coins were present in this hoard.