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Auction 30 9 January 2013
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ISLAMIC COINS. ILKHAN. Musa Khan (736-737h). Gold Dinar, Tabriz 736h. AV, 8.52g (Diler Ms 690). Very fine, unevenly struck. Very rare.
The style of this Dinar is identical to the last coinage type of Abu-Sa'id, with the square Kufic kalima on the "religious" side of the coin. This type was subsequently employed by Arpa Khan, Musa Khan, Muhammad Khan and Taghay Timur. The design may have enabled a common exchangeability between the coinages of these short-lived rulers. Although the gold coins were not struck to any fixed weight standard, and therefore varied considerably in value from coin to coin, the silver was issued to a fixed standard of 2.88g for the Double Dirham.
Estimate: $5,000
The style of this Dinar is identical to the last coinage type of Abu-Sa'id, with the square Kufic kalima on the "religious" side of the coin. This type was subsequently employed by Arpa Khan, Musa Khan, Muhammad Khan and Taghay Timur. The design may have enabled a common exchangeability between the coinages of these short-lived rulers. Although the gold coins were not struck to any fixed weight standard, and therefore varied considerably in value from coin to coin, the silver was issued to a fixed standard of 2.88g for the Double Dirham.
Estimate: $5,000