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ISLAMIC, Mongols. Great Khans. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AR Dirham (16mm, 3.08 g, 8h). Citing Abbasid caliph a1-Nasir. Ghazna (Ghazni) mint. Struck circa AH 617/8 (AD 1221/2). Kufic legend: al-adil | al-a'zam | Chingiz qa'an (The just | The great | Chingiz Khan) / Kufic legend: al-Nasir | al-Din Allah | amir al-mu'minin (al-Nasir | al-Din Allah | Commander of the faithful). Zeno dies A3/B2; Nyamaa 2; Tye 327; SICA 9, 1007 (same dies); SNA Tübingen XIVd, 646 (same dies); Album 1967; ICV 1941. EF, toned, a touch of horn silver on obverse. Well struck for issue. Rare.
From the BRN Collection.
This is the sole silver coin type bearing the name of Chingiz Khan. It was apparently a long-lived issue, evidenced by a declining silver quality, from fine silver to nearly bronze. Good silver issues, as the present coin, are fairly rare. The obverse has the titles and name of Chingiz, while the reverse has the name and title of the reigning Abbasid caliph. The struck date of this issue is based on SICA 9, with the commentary that these coins are believed to have been struck at Ghazna during the Mongol pursuit of Jalal al-Din Khwarizmshah in [AH] 617-618." For the prototype for this issue, struck under the Khwarizm Shahs, see lot 815 above. "
From the BRN Collection.
This is the sole silver coin type bearing the name of Chingiz Khan. It was apparently a long-lived issue, evidenced by a declining silver quality, from fine silver to nearly bronze. Good silver issues, as the present coin, are fairly rare. The obverse has the titles and name of Chingiz, while the reverse has the name and title of the reigning Abbasid caliph. The struck date of this issue is based on SICA 9, with the commentary that these coins are believed to have been struck at Ghazna during the Mongol pursuit of Jalal al-Din Khwarizmshah in [AH] 617-618." For the prototype for this issue, struck under the Khwarizm Shahs, see lot 815 above. "