VAuctions > NBJ Auction 11 | Auction date: 7 April 2024 |
Lot number: 335 Price realized: 150 USD (Approx. 139 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: Ilkhans. AR Dirham. Hulagu, AH 654-663. Struck AH 663, al-Jazira al-Umariya mint. Within a dotted circle, 'Allāh / lā ilāha illā / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in Arabic); in the margin, 'allāhumma mālik al-mulk tuʾtī al-mulk man tashāʾ wa tanziʿu al-mulk mimman tashāʾ ('O Allah, Owner of the Kingdom! Thou givest the kingdom to whomsoever Thou pleasest and takest away the kingdom from whomsoever Thou pleasest' in Arabic; Qurʾān 3: 26). Rev. Within a circle, 'qāʾān / al-aʿẓam / Hūlākū īlkhān / al-muʿẓẓam' ('The supreme Khan; Hulagu, the great Ilkhan' in Arabic); 'The supreme Khan' refers to Hulagu's overlord, the Great Mongol Möngke (AH 649-657 / AD 1251-1259); in the margin, 'ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi al-Jazīra al-ʿUmariyya sana thalāth wa sittīn' ('This dirham was struck in al-Jazira al-ʿUmariya in the year 663' in Arabic). Album 2122.2. (2.65gm, 28mm) Extremely Fine and Rare. Estimate: 300 USD Starting price: 150 USD |