ISLAMIC, Mongols. Great Khans. temp. Qubilay (Kublai), AH 658-693 / AD 1260-1294. Silver Washed Dirham (Bronze, 39 mm, 5.00 g, 4 h), ‘Tax money’ type, Bukhara, AH 663 = 1264/5. Within a central circle, ‘sikka Bukhārā’ (‘Coin of Bukhara’ in Arabic); ‘al-mulk’ (‘kingdom’ in Arabic) repeated three times in the petals of the outer margin. Rev. In the center, ʻ課ʼ = ʻkèʼ (ʻtaxʼ in Chinese); In the margin, ‘ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham biʾl-baldat al-fākhirat sana thalāth wa sittīn wa sitta miʾa’ (‘This dirham was struck in the luxurious city in the year 663’ in Arabic). Album A1979.2. Very rare. Areas of weakness and with some porosity and cracks, otherwise, good fine.