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
Lot: 201. Estimated: $ 750

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.

According to Vardanyan, Warthan was the Arabic form of the mediaeval Arabic town of Vardanakert, located on the right bank of the river Araxes near Barda‘a.

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