278, Lot: 528. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Seljuk). Khwarizm Shahs. 'Ala al-Din Muhammad II. AH 596-617 / AD 1200-1220. AR Medium Dirhem (18mm, 3.01 g, 10h). Ghazna mint. Struck circa AH 615-617 (AD 1218-1220). SNA Tübingen XIVd 608-11; Album 1721. VF.
Such dirhems of Muhammad served as the prototype for those of Chingiz Khan (Album 1967).