ISLAMIC, Mongols. Chaghatayid Khans. Danishmendji, AH 747-759 / AD 1346-1358. Dinar (Silver, 30 mm, 7.74 g), Samarqand, AH 748 (Safar) = 1347 (May-June). Within a hexagram, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); to right and left, ‘ṣalla Allāh – ʿalayh wa sallam’ (‘May Allah bless him and grant him peace’ in Arabic); above and bottom, ‘sikka – Samarqand’ (‘Coin of Samarqand’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘al-mulk lillāh’ (‘The kingdom is Allah’s’ in Arabic) repeated six times. Rev. ‘al-sulṭān al-ʿādil / al-aʿẓam Dāshmand / khallada Allāh Mulkahū’ (‘The Just [and] supreme Sultan, Dashmand. May Allah perpetuate his kingdom’ in Arabic); around, ‘fī shahr Ṣafar sana thamān arbaʿīn sabʿ miʾa’ (‘In the month of Safar, year 748’ in Arabic). Album 2006. Rare. Areas of weaknes and the obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine.