Ghorids (Main Line). Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad. AH 599-602 / AD 1171-1206. AV Heavy Dinar (31.1mm, 13.30 g, 11h). Balad Ghazna mint. Dated AH 602 (AD 1205/6). Album 1762. Unit of date weak but probable. VF. Rare. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib.
Isma'ilis of Alamut (Batinids). 'Ala' al-Din Muhammad III. AH 618-653 / AD 1221-1255. AV Dinar (19.8mm, 3.26 g, 4h). Date off-flan. Obverse field: la ilaha illa / Allah Muhammad / rasul Allah / 'Ali wali Allah (partly off-flan on this specimen) / Reverse field: al-sultan / al-a'zam 'Ala / al-dunya wa'l-din / Muhammad bin al-Hasan (partly off-flan on this specimen). Hamdan/Vardanyan 31; Mosanef 20; Album D1920. Coarsely struck with some flatness. Near VF. Extremely rare.
Great Mongols. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AV Dinar (22.2mm, 2.59 g, 1h). Bukhara mint. Undated. Obverse: Bukhara / la ilaha illa / Allah Muhammad / rasul Allah / Reverse: Jinkiz Khan / al-a'dil / al-a'zam. SNAT XVa, 267; Album 1964. Struck off-centre (but mint-name and Chingiz's name very clear). Near VF. Rare.
Great Mongols, n/a. n/a. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AV Dinar (22.9mm, 3.94 g, 9h). Bukhara mint. Date (if any) not legible. Obverse: Bukhara / la ilaha illa / Allah Muhammad / rasul Allah / Reverse: Jinkiz Khan / al-a'dil / al-a'zam. SNAT XVa, 267; Album 1964. Edge split, light crease, some flat striking. Near Fine. Rare.
Great Mongols. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AR Dirham (15.4mm, 3.09 g, 8h). Without mint-name (probably struck in Ghazna). Undated. Obverse: citing the 'Abbasid caliph al-Nasir (AH 575-622) / Reverse: al-'adil / al-a'azam / Jinkiz Khan. Album 1967. Minor staining. Near EF. Rare.
Great Mongols. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. BI Broad Dirham (28.9mm, 2.76 g, 2h). Marw mint. Dated AH [61]8 (AD 1221/2). Obverse: Kalima in three lines within square, names of the rashidun in outer segments / Reverse: bi-farman / al-khaqan al-a'zam / Chingiz Qaan / al-'adil. Album A1968; cf. Stephen Album Rare Coins 20 (18 September 2014), lot 601. Some flat striking (as normal for this crudely struck issue). Near VF. Extremely rare.
Jujids (Golden Horde). Berdi Beg. AH 758-761 / AD 1357-1360. AR 2-Dirhams (13.6mm, 1.03 g, 1h). Maragha mint. Dated AH 758 (AD 1357/8). Reverse: mint and date (in numerals, from bottom to top) within ornate hexagon. Album 2031A. Good Fine. Extremely rare. Known only from the three mints of Maragha, Ardabil and Alagiz, this denomination was issued during a brief period circa AH 758-9 (AD 1357-8)when Azerbaijan was ruled by the Golden Horde.
Ilkhanids. Ghazan Mahmud. AH 694-703 / AD 1295-1304. AV Dinar (28.2mm, 8.71 g, 2h). Abu Ishaq mint. Dated AH 700 (AD 1300/1). Trilingual type, with legends in Arabic, Uighur and Phags-Pa. Diler 281. Slightly wavy flan. Near VF. Rare. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib..
Ilkhanids. Öljeytü (Uljaytu). AH 703-716 / AD 1304-1316. AR 6-Dirhams (35.7mm, 12.00 g, 3h). Type A. Baghdad mint. Dated AH 706 (AD 1306/7). Obverse: In outer margin: Qur'an 48:29 / Reverse: In outer margin: Qur'an 24:55. Diler 352; Album 2178B. VF. Rare. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib. Offered with a Sotheby's envelope marked 'Lot 182' but without indication of sale date.
Ilkhanids. Öljeytü (Uljaytu). AH 703-716 / AD 1304-1316. AV Dinar (25.7mm, 13.14 g, 4h). Type B. Hamadhan mint. Dated AH 709 (AD 1309/10). Diler 365; Album 2182. Test cut in edge, reverse slightly off-centre, area of weak striking on obverse. VF. Rare.
Ilkhanids. Öljeytü (Uljaytu). AH 703-716 / AD 1304-1316. AV Dinar (26.2mm, 8.79 g, 4h). Type C. Al-Bazar Al-Urdu mint. Dated AH 713 (AD 1313/4). Diler 370 (recorded only for silver); Album 2186. Slightly wavy flan. VF. Extremely rare. According to Diler, al-Bazar al-Urdu was the name of a military camp mint.
Ilkhanids. Öljeytü (Uljaytu). AH 703-716 / AD 1304-1316. AV Dinar (27.3mm, 4.56 g, 4h). Dar al-Salam Baghdad mint. Dated AH 715 (AD 1315/6). Diler 370; Album 2186. Near VF. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib..
Ilkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur. AH 716-736 / AD 1316-1335. AV Dinar (28.1mm, 8.53 g, 8h). Type A. Shahr Shiraz mint. Dated AH 717 (AD 1317/8). Diler 474; Album 2191. Some weak striking both sides. Near VF. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib..
Ilkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur. AH 716-736 / AD 1316-1335. AV Dinar (22.2mm, 6.86 g, 11h). Type C ('Mihrab' type). Kazirun (in margin) + Abu Ishaq (in field) mint. Dated AH 719 (AD 1319/20). Diler 488; Album 2198. Near EF. Rare. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib.
Ilkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur. AH 716-736 / AD 1316-1335. AV Dinar (24mm, 10.22 g, 9h). Type C ('Mihrab' type). Baghdad mint. Dated AH 720 (AD 1320/1). Diler 488; Album 2198. Obverse slightly off-centre. Good VF. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib. Ex Morton & Eden 95 (24 October 2018), lot 190.
Ilkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur. AH 716-736 / AD 1316-1335. AV Dinar (24.9mm, 13.06 g, 5h). Type D. Ta'us mint. Dated AH 723 (AD 1323). Cf. Morton & Eden 95 (24 October 2018), lot 196; Diler 502 (mint not listed for this type); Album 2202. Edge flaw at 12h on obverse and minor surface marks. Near EF. Very rare.
Ilkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur. AH 716-736 / AD 1316-1335. AV Dinar (23.6mm, 8.68 g, 12h). Type D. Baghdad mint. Dated AH 723 (AD 1323). Diler 502; Album 2202. Struck from worn dies. Near EF, some lustre. Rare. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib. Ex Morton & Eden 95 (24 October 2018), lot 193.
Ilkhanids. Muhammad Khan. AH 737-738 / AD 1337-1338. AV Dinar (20.2mm, 8.39 g, 2h). Type A. Tabriz mint. Dated AH 737 (AD 1336/7). Diler 695; Album V2226. Minor marks. Good VF. Extremely rare. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib.
Ilkhanids. Taghay Timur. Circa AH 739-754 / AD 1338-1353. AV Dinar (19.8mm, 4.18 g, 4h). Type KA. Amul mint. Dated AH 750 (AD 1349/50). Diler 728 (unrecorded in gold); cf. Stephen Album Rare Coins 35 (12 September 2019), lot 1461 (dated AH 752); Album O2234. Minor peripheral weakness. Near EF. Extremely rare. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib. Ex Sotheby´s (23 April 1998), lot 304.