432, Lot: 404. Estimate $150. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Mongols. Great Khans. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AR Dirham (16mm, 3.20 g, 6h). Citing Abbasid caliph a1-Nasir. Ghazna (Ghazni) mint. Struck circa AH 617/8 (AD 1221/2). Kufic legend:
al-adil |
al-a'zam |
Chingiz qa'an (The just | The great | Chingiz Khan) / Kufic legend:
al-Nasir |
al-Din Allah |
amir al-mu'minin (al-Nasir | al-Din Allah | Commander of the faithful). Zeno dies A3/B2; Nyamaa 2; Tye 327; SICA 9, 1007 (same dies); SNA Tübingen XIVd, 646 (same dies); Album 1967; ICV 1941. VF, toned. Well struck.