Ilkhans, Sati Beg, Queen (739h), gold dinar, Ardabil 739h, wt. 4.83gms. (A.K2231; Diler- unrecorded mint), flat around borders, but otherwise very fine and of the highest rarity
A pawn in the power play during the fragmentation of the Ilkhan State, Sati Beg, sister of Abu Sa'id and wife of Arpa Khan was proclaimed Khan in 739h. However her nominal reign last for only nine months before she was removed from the throne. Subsequently she was forced to marry Sulayman, yet another claimant to the Ilkhan throne. All gold coins of Sati Beg are very rare. (£5000-6000)