ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Qarakhanids (United). Muhammad ibn Ali, circa AH 393-415 / AD 1003-1024. Fals (Bronze, 26 mm, 2.39 g, 12 h). Citing the ruler as Sanaʾ al-Dawla on the obverse field, and Yinal Tegin on the reverse margin. Within a circle; above, sword; below, bow and arrow; in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-fals bi al-Īlāq sana arbaʿ wa arbaʿa [miʾa]’ (‘In the name of Allah. This fals was struck in Ilaq in the year 404’ in Arabic). Rev. Citing Ahmad ibn ʿAli as Qutb al-Dawla Khan, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / Quṭb al-Dawla / Khan’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Qutb al-Dawla Khan’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘mimmā amara bihī al-amīr al-umarāʾ Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī mawlā amīr al-muʾminīn Yināl-Tikīn’ (‘From that ordered by the amir of amirs, Muhammad ibn ‘Ali, vassal of the Commander of the Believers, Yinal Tegin’ in Arabic). Album 3308. Rare. Minor adjustment marks, otherwise, very fine.

Yinal Tegin was used on the coins issued in AH 403-405 / AD 1012-1015.