Triton XVII, Lot: 918. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Mongols. Great Khans. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AV Dinar (23mm, 5.77 g, 12h). Ghazna (Ghazni) mint. [Dated AH 618 (AD 1221/2)]. Kalima and name of Abbasid caliph in four lines, floral ornament above and to left; Umayyad “Second Symbol” (al-Quran Sura 9:33) in outer margin / Name and titles of Chingiz Khan in four lines, floral ornament to left and right; mint formula and AH date in outer margin. Spengler 16-18; CNR XXI, 1 (Spring 1996), 245-30-35; Album 1964. VF, areas of typical flat strike. Very rare.