Watch List notes:

ILKHAN: Hulagu, 1256-1265, AR fractional dirham (0.69g) (Dimashq), ND, A-2124A, Heidemann-6 (p.356), lovely VF, ex Ruud Schüttenhelm collection. On this remarkable type, Hulagu is described as "the conqueror of the coast (al-basita) by the grace of his brother Möngke, the Great Qa'an". The coast refers to the Mediterranean, which of course he never quite reached! Hulagu occuped Damascus for three months in AH658 (1260).

Estimate: 225-275 USD