Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 176
Pre-Mongol Iran
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Khwarizmshahs. Jalal al-Din Mangubarni. AH 617-628 / AD 1220-1231. AV Dinar (24.5mm, 3.30 g, 10h). Tulak mint. Obverse: la ilaha illa Allah / Muhammad rasul Allah / al-Nasir li-din Allah / amir al-mu'minin, traces of marginal legend around / Reverse: Tulak / al-Sultan al-a'zam / Jalal al-dunya wa al-din d- / Mangubarni / ibn al-Sultan, traces of marginal legend around. Album 1742; cf. CNG Triton XXIV (19 January 2021), lot 1229 (same reverse die). Near VF, obverse double-struck, areas of flat strike. Extremely rare. The date, if any, is not visible on this specimen, but the name of the caliph al-Nasir indicates that this dinar must have been struck before the latter's death in AH 622.
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