425, Lot: 869. Estimate $150.
Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC. Mongols. Lot of six (6) AR from the medieval period. Includes: (1)
Mongols. Great Khans. temp.
Güyük. AH 644-646 / AD 1246-1248. AR Dirham (19.5mm, 2.13 g, 1h). Imil mint. [Immobilized date AH 644 (AD 1246)]. Trident-like tamgha with uneven shoulders; blundered Kufic inscription around / Blundered Kufic legend:
al-imam |
al-a'zam in two lines. Nayamaa 53; SNA Tübingen –; Album O1979; Zeno 186102; Album 29, lot 401; ICV 1952. Near VF, toned, large area of flat strike. Rare.
(2)
Mongols. Jujids (Golden Horde). Möngke (Mengu) Timur. AH 665-679 / AD 1267-1280. AR Dirham (17mm, 1.04 g, 4h). Bulghar mint. Dated AH 679 (AD 1280). Naskh legend:
la ilah illa |
Allah, wahdahu |
la sharika 679 (There is no deity except | God alone | [He has] no equal. 679); floral symbol above / Naskh legend around central tamgha (from lower right):
Möngke Timur Bulghar 679. Fedorov-Davydov –; Nyamaa –; Jena –; Album 2020A; ICV 2020; Zeno 40547. VF, toned. Very rare, particularly dated to the last year of his reign.
(3)
Mongols. Jujids (Golden Horde). Töde Möngke (Mengu). AH 679-687 / AD 1280-1287. AR Dirham (19mm, 1.70 g, 9h). Qrim mint. Dated AH 686 (AD 1287). Naskh legend:
Töle Buqa |
dariba Qrim |
686 (Töle Buqa | struck in Qrim | 686) / Tamgha with pellets flanking, within center of linear hexagram; pellets around. Fedorov-Davydov –; Nyamaa 85; Jena –; Album 2022.2; ICV 2021. Good VF, small area of weak strike. Very rare.
(4)
Mongols. Jujids (Golden Horde). Toqta. AH 690-713 / AD 1291-1313. AR Dirham (18mm, 1.23 g, 10h). Qrim mint. Dated AH 698 (AD 1298/9). Central Naskh legend:
khan |
al-sultan |
Toqta (khan | al-sultan | Toqta); in margins, pellets flanking annulet / Naskh legend around central tamgha:
dariba Qrim |
698 (Struck at | Qrim | 698); pellets in margins. Fedorov-Davydov –; Jena 907 var. (date); Album 2023.4; ICV 2025. EF, toned, area of flat strike. Scarce.
(5)
Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR 2 Dinars (16mm, 1.07 g, 7h). Citing Chagatai khan Mahmud. Kushtaspi mint. Undated, circa AH 790-807 / AD 1388-1405. Within quadrilobe, central Kufic legend:
la ilah illa Allah |
Muhammad |
[rasulu]allah (There is no deity except God | Muhammad | [is the messenger of] God); marginal Naskh legend, counterclockwise from top:
[Abu Bakr] |
'Umar |
'Uthman |
'Ali / Within hexafoil(?), Naskh legend:
[dariba...] |
al-sultan Mahmud [khan] |
Timur Kurkan |
Kushtaspi ([struck at...] | al-sultan Mahmud [Khan] | Timur Kurkan | Kushtaspi). SICA 9, –; Album 2379; Zeno –. VF, toned, crude strike. Very rare mint in Azerbaijan.
(6)
Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR 2 Dinars (20mm, 1.34 g, 5h). Lar mint. Undated(?). Central Kufic legend:
[la ilah illa] |
Allah, Muhammad |
rasuluallah ([There is no deity except] | God, Muhammad | is the messenger of God); marginal Naskh legend, counterclockwise from top:
[Abu Bakr] |
['Umar] |
'Uthman |
['Ali] / Central Naskh legend:
duriba |
Lar (Struck at | Lar); illegible marginal legend. SICA 9, –; Album 2367; Zeno –. Good VF, toned, typical crude strike. Very rare. . VF to EF condition. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Six (6) coins in lot.
From the BRN Collection. The third coin is ex T. Wilkes FPL 15 (Spring 2012), no. 171 // the fourth is ex Album FPL 238 (Oct 2008), no. 66513 // the fifth is ex Album FPL 242 (March 2009), no. 63686 // the sixth is ex Album FPL 240 (January 2009), no. 74005.
