Mongols Ilkhanids Mahmud Ghazan I
$220.00
SKU: C461/22
Period: Islamic Mongols. Ilkhanids
Date: 700h
Condition: Extremely Fine
Material: Silver.
Description
Description
ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Mahmud Ghazan I
AH 694-703 / AD 1295-1304. Dirham Post-reform type, Yazd, date 700.
obv: Within a pointed pentafoil, ‘Allāh / lā ilāha illā / durib Yazd/ Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); at the sides, ‘ṣalla ˗ ʿalayh’ (‘May [Allah] bless him’ in Arabic) in the margin, ‘wa sallam sana 700’ (‘and grant him peace. Year 700’ in Arabic).
Rev. Within a circle, in the center, ‘Ghāzān Maḥmūd ; above and below, ‘Tegriin / Kucundur – Gasanu / Deledkeguluk / sen’ (‘Under the power of heaven, struck by Ghazan’ in Uighur); to the left, three letters in Mongol Phags-pa script: ma, kha.
