Gold of Genghis Khan

CNG 100, Lot: 511. Estimate $500. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Mongols. Great Khans. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AV Dinar (23mm, 6.23 g, 12h). Ghazna (Ghazni) mint. Dated AH [6]18 (AD 1221/2). Kalima and name of Abbasid caliph in four lines, floral ornament above and to left; Umayyad “Second Symbol” (al-Quran Sura 9:33) in outer margin / Name and titles of Chingiz Khan in four lines, floral ornament to left and right; mint formula and AH date in outer margin. Spengler 16-18; CNR XXI, 1 (Spring 1996), 245-30-35; Album 1964. VF, areas of weak strike.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, March 1996.