350, Lot: 652. Estimate $300. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Mongols. Great Khans. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AR Dirhem (16mm, 3.09 g, 10h). Ghazna (Ghazni) mint. Undated, struck circa AH 617/8 (AD 1221/2). “The just/The great/Chingiz Khan” in three lines; border of large pellets between two lines / “al-Nasir/al-Din Allah/Commander of the faithful” in three lines; border of small pellets between two lines. Zeno dies unlisted, but cf. dies A4/B2; Nyamaa 2; Tye 327; SICA 9, 1007 (same rev. die); SNA Tübingen XIVd, 646 (same rev. die); Album 1967; CNG 87, lot 1357 (same dies). Good VF, areas of light toning. Excellent metal.

From the Joan Wilde Collection. Ex William F. Spengler Collection.