Mongols. Ilkhanids. Uncertain, circa AH 670 / AD 1271/72. Dinar (Gold, 17 mm, 1.53 g, 12 h), Anonymous Qaʾān al-ʿĀdil type, pre-Hülegü to Abaqa, Marw, date off flan (circa AH 670s). Central, in four lines: Allāh / lā ilāha illā / Allāh Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh (‘God. There is no deity but God. Muḥammad is the Messenger of God’ in Arabic). Margin: largely illegible and mostly off flan. Rev. Central line: qāʾān al-ʿādil (‘The Just Qaʾān’ in Arabic); Top and bottom: al-madīnat-i / Marw (‘The city of Marw’ in Arabic). Album G2132. Rare. Weakly struck obverse and some flan faults on the edge, otherwise, about extremely fine.



This rare anonymous gold issue belongs to the early Mongol period in Iran and Central Asia, preceding or overlapping the establishment of formal Ilkhanid coinage under Hülegü. The inscription qāʾān al-ʿādil (‘the Just Qaʾān’) refers not to a named Ilkhanid ruler, but to the supreme Mongol Great Khan, reflecting the political structure of the empire before the full development of regional titles.