216, Lot: 513. Estimate $100. Sold for $165. 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 (17mm, 2.98 g, 3h). Ghazna mint. Name and titles of 'Ala al-Din Muhammad / Name and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir. SNA Tübingen XIVd, 610; Album 1721. VF, lightly toned, slightly off-center.

Such dirhems of Muhammad served as the prototype for those of Chingiz Khan (Album 1969).