Great Mongols. temp. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AV Dinar (22mm, 2.39 g, 6h). Shum mint. Dated AH [6]18 (AD 1221/2). VF.

CNG Feature Auction 124
Lot: 795. Estimated: $ 750

Islamic, Gold

Sold For $ 1 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Great Mongols. temp. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AV Dinar (22mm, 2.39 g, 6h). Shum mint. Dated AH [6]18 (AD 1221/2). Kalima in three lines; knotted quadrilobe above; tendrils below; mint formula and AH date in outer margin / Kalima in four lines; mint name above; mint formula and AH date in outer margin. Nyamaa –; L. Adams & W. Warden, Jr., “An unpublished Mongol dinar from the mint of Shum issued by Chingiz Khan,” ONS Newsletter 159 (Spring 1999), p. 7 (this coin illustrated); Album B1967. Traces of toning in devices, a few scrapes and areas of flat strike at periphery. VF.

Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Part I, Classical Numismatic Group 100, 7 October 2015), lot 512; purchased from William B. Warden, Jr., September 1998.


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