Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1198. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Seljuk). Khwarizm Shahs. 'Ala al-Din Muhammad II. AH 596-617 / AD 1200-1220. AR Dirhem (3.09 g, 6h). Ghazna mint. Undated issue. Name and titles of ‘Ala al-Din Muhammad / Name and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir. SNA Tübingen XIVd, 610 (same rev. die); Album 1721. Good VF, lightly toned. Rare.

These dinars of Muhammad served as the prototype for the dinars of Chingiz Khan (Album 1969).