Founder of the Golden Horde

409, Lot: 832. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Mongols. Jujids (Golden Horde). temp. Batu. AH 624-654 / AD 1227-1256. AR Dirham (16mm, 1.13 g, 1h). Citing Abbasid caliph al-Nasir. Bulghar mint. Naskh legend: al-Nasir li- | Din Allah amir | el-muminin (al-Nasir li- | Din Allah, commander | of the faithful); star above / Naskh legend: dinar | duriba fi | Bulghar (dinar | struck at | Bulghar). Fedorov-Davydov 1; Nyamaa 76; Jena 67-8; Album N2018; ICV 2011. VF, toned. Very rare.

From the BRN Collection. Ex Album FPL 258 (Nov 2010), no. 93137.