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Auction 16  17-18 May 2013
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Lot 503

Starting price: 360 USD
Price realized: 640 USD
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CHAGHATAYID KHANS: Chaghatay, 1227-1241, AR dirham (2.15g), Almaligh, AH638, A-1979, first year of issue, mint & date on both sides, with the date fully legible on both sides, mint clear only on obverse, slight weakness, VF, RRR, ex Ruud Schüttenhelm collection. The earliest reported date is 638. Coins assigned to this reign have 'al ghayat, "very noble (alloy)", in the reverse center, copied from late Fatimid and Ayyubid dinars of the previous century. Struck only at Almaligh in 638 & 639. This type is the "first silver coinage" assigned to the Chaghatayids.

Estimate: 475-525 USD
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