ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Abu Sa'id, AH 716-736 / AD 1316-1335. 2 Dirhams (Silver, 28 mm, 3.95 g, 6 h), Type B, Kashan, AH 717 = 1317/8. Kalima in a pointed octofoil, ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); around, ‘ṣalla / Allāh / ʿalayh / wa sallam’ (‘May Allah bless him and grant him peace’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘tabārak / alladhī / bi-yadihī / al-mulk / wa huwa / ʿalā / kulli shayʾin / qadīr’ (‘Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He is Powerful over all things’ in Arabic; Qurʾān 67: 1). Rev. Within a pointed hexafoil, ‘ḍuriba fī / dawla al-sulṭān al-aʿẓam / īlkhān al-muʿaẓẓam Abū / Saʿīd khallada Allāh mulkahū’ (‘Struck in the state of the Supreme Sultan, the Great Ilkhan, Abu Saʿid. May Allah perpetuate his kingdom’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘ḍarb / madīnat / Kāshān / sana sabʿ / ʿashar wa / sabʿa miʾa’ (‘Struck in the city of Kashan in the year 717’ in Arabic). Album 2196. Diler Ab-479. Rare with the additional title ‘īlkhān al-muʿaẓẓam’ (‘The Great Ilkhan’ in Arabic). Areas of weakness, otherwise, extremely fine.