ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad Khudabanda Öljeytü, AH 703-716 / AD 1304-1316. Fals (Bronze, 20 mm, 3.47 g), ʿAdliya type, Sultaniya, AH 713 = 1313/4. Around a central circle forming a scorpion-looking design, ‘tāleʾ-e sāl-e aqrab sana 713’ (‘Ascendancy of the year of the scorpion, year 713’ in Persian); unidentifiable Uighur countermark on the central circle. Rev. Around a central circle, ‘ʾadl-e shahr-e Soltāniya’ (‘Justice of the city of Sultaniya’ in Persian). Album 2190A. Diler Ul-446. Extremely rare. Holed, otherwise, good fine.


This type was issued in commemoration of the selection of Sultaniya as the new capital of the Ilkhanid state.