ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Abaqa, AH 663-681 / AD 1265-1282. Fals (Copper, 22 mm, 3.75 g), Probably Dmanisi (in Georgia, near the border to Armenia), circa AH 679-681 = AD 1280-1282. Legends in Uyghur naming Abaqa. Rev. Large Cross in center with the legend 'Lord God, Jesus Christ' (in Armenian) in angles; around, 'bism al-Ab wa 'l-Ibn wa-Ruh al-Quds Alahu wahid' ('in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the one God' (in Arabic). Bennett 359. An extremely rare and important issue. Some areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.

Bennett locates the mint for this issue in Dmanisi, a town in southern Georgia near the border to Armenia