A rare dinar of Abaqa
Lot 6230
ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Abaqa, AH 663-681 / AD 1265-1282. Dinar (Gold, 25 mm, 5.20 g), Baghdad, AH 676 = 1277/8. Within a circle, ‘al-ḥamd lillāh / lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh / wa sallam’ (‘Praise be to Allah. There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him and grant him peace’ in Arabic); in the margin, traces of Qurʾān 3: 26. Rev. Within a circle, ‘qāʾān / pādshāh-i / ʿālam īlkhān / al-aʿẓam / Ābāqā khalada / mulkuhumā’ (‘Khan, the King of the World, [and] the Supreme Ilkhan Abaqa. May their kingdom be perpetuated’ in Arabic); mint and date formula arouns. Album 2126.1. Diler A-68 (with ‘al-mulk lillāh’, instead of ‘al-ḥamd lillāh’). Rare. Struck slightly off center and with areas of weakness, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, 6438, privately acquired from Steven Album Rare Coins and ex The New York Sale 25, 5 January 2011, 515.
Starting price:
100 CHF
Hammer price:
400 CHF
Bid increment:
Closed
Minimum bid:
Closed
Number of bids:
7 Bids
Time left:
Closing time: 13-Dec-23, 23:13:30 CET
All winning bids are subject to a 18.5% buyer's fee.

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