Struck by the Georgian Bagratids

415, Lot: 661. Estimate $200. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Abaqa. AH 663-681 / AD 1265-1282. AR Dirham (22mm, 2.49 g, 4h). Tritinarian formula in Arabic and Cross issue. Tiflis (Tblisi) mint. Struck by Davi VII and Dmitri II of Georgia. Dated Dhu al-Hijja AH 6[80-84] (Struck AD 1281-1286). Diler A-126; Bennett 305e; Album 2130; ICV –. VF, bright surfaces, areas of flat strike.

The Arabic legend reads bism al-ab wa'l-ibn wa ruh al-quds, alah wahid (In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, one God).