ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Arghun, AH 683-690 / AD 1284-1291. Dirham (Silver, 18 mm, 3.28 g, 11 h), pictorial type, Astarabad, date off flan. Shiʿa kalima in a central square, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ʿAlī walī Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ali is the friend of Allah’ in Arabic); mint and date formula around. Rev. Hawk standing to right; ‘[Hakanu] / Ariba / Argunun / [Deledkeguluk]’ (‘Struck by Arghun, the vice-regal governor of the Khan’ in Uighur); ‘Astarābād’ in Arabic; citing Arghun’s son, ‘Ghāzān’ (in Arabic), as heir below the field; all within a circle. Album 2149.2. Diler -; cf. Diler Ar-173 (without the name of Ghazan). Very rare. Struck slightly off center and with areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.