347, Lot: 617. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Mongols. Great Khans. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AV Dinar (23mm, 5.74 g, 3h). Ghazna (Ghazni) mint. Dated AH [6]18 (AD 1221/2). Kalima and "al-Nasir ed-Din Allah/Amir al-muminin" in four lines across field; tendrils to left and right, “Umayyad Second Symbol” (Quran 9.33) in outer margin (partially visible) / "Khan of Khans, the Just, the Most Mighty, Chingiz Khan," in four lines across field, tendrils to left and right; mint formula and [AH date] in outer margin. Nyamaa 1; W.F. Spengler, "Hoard of Genghis Khan Gold Dinars Recalls Calamitous History," ONS Newsletter 147 (Winter 1996), 16-18; SNA Tübingen –; Album 1964. VF, areas of flat strike.

Often the date is not visible on these issues, due to being generally poorly struck. On this coin, however, the 18 of the AH date can be read clearly.