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Auction 31  17-19 May 2018
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Lot 739

Starting price: 375 USD
Price realized: 1100 USD
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SALGHURID: Abish bint Sa'd, 1265-1285, AR dirham (2.60g), Shiraz, AH665, A-1930, Zeno-23 (this piece), Arabic inscriptions only, but with Chinese character bao sideways in the obverse field, citing only the Qa'an as overlord, minor weakness towards the rim, VF, RR. According to the Ilkhan historian Vassaf, the Mongol governor Inkiyanu, assigned as co-ruler alongside Abish, was recalled and sent back to the court of Qubilai Qa'an, perhaps as far as China, for the indiscretion of having placed "a secret symbol" in the Chinese script on the coinage of Shiraz!

Estimate: 450-550 USD
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