Lot 3568
ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Seljuk). Khwarizm Shahs. 'Ala al-Din Muhammad II, AH 596-617 / AD 1200-1220. Dirham (Silver, 17 mm, 3.16 g, 9 h), ‘medium’ dirham of Ghazna type. Citing the ruler in three lines, ‘ʿAlā al-Dunyā / wa al-Dīn Muḥammad / ibn al-Sulṭān’. Rev. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah (AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225) in three lines, ‘al-Nāṣir / li-dīn Allāh / Amīr al-Muʾminīn’ (‘al-Nasir li-din Allah, Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic). Album 1721. Rare. Struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine.

From the collection of a Swiss scholar, formed over the past thirty years.


This is the proto-type for Chingiz Khan’s dirhams of the Ghazna type (Album 1967).
Starting price:
25 CHF
Hammer price:
110 CHF
Bid increment:
Closed
Minimum bid:
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Number of bids:
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Time left:
Closing time: 15-Jul-24, 21:44:30 CEST
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