Well Struck Chingiz Khan Dinar

CNG 105, Lot: 1080. Estimate $5000. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Mongols. Great Khans. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AV Dinar (25mm, 5.91 g, 6h). Ghazna (Ghazni) mint. Dated AH 618 (AD 1221/2). Kalima and al-Nasir ed-Din Allah/Amir al-muminin in Arabic in four lines across field; tendrils to left and right, “Umayyad Second Symbol” (Quran 9.33) in outer margin / Khan of Khans, the Just, the Most Mighty, Chingiz Khan in Arabic in four lines across field, tendrils to left and right; mint formula and AH date in outer margin. Nyamaa 1; W.F. Spengler, "Hoard of Genghis Khan Gold Dinars Recalls Calamitous History," ONS Newsletter 147 (Winter 1996), 16-18; SNA Tübingen -; Album 1964. Good VF. Well struck with full legends.