Great Mongols. temp. Töregene Khatun. Regent, AH 639-644 / AD 1241-1246. AR Dirham (17.7mm, 2.57 g, 3h). Warthan mint. Date off-flan. Fine.Islamic Auction 4 – Session 1 Post-Mongol Dynasties, Silver Sold For $ 550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Great Mongols. temp. Töregene Khatun. Regent, AH 639-644 / AD 1241-1246. AR Dirham (17.7mm, 2.57 g, 3h). Warthan mint. Date off-flan. Obverse: ulugh mughal ulush bek (‘Chief of the Great Mongol Nation’). Mounted archer riding to left, head turned back and shooting an arrow to right, hare running left below horse / Reverse: kalima in three lines within square frame, traces of mint-name (above); date (off-flan) in segments around. Cf. Vardanyan, A., ‘Some Additions to the Coins...Ulūs (Ulūsh) Beg’, ONS Newsletter 190 (2007), 21 (dated AH 642); Album 1976; cf CNG 366 (13 January 2016), lot 992 (same reverse die). Traces of mounting. Fine. Very rare. |