Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Mongols. Chaghatayid Khans. temp. Alughu, AH 658-664 / AD 1260-1266. Dirham (Silver, 20 mm, 2.12 g), Kuja (Kuche in Xinjiang, China), AH 662 = AD 1263/4. Album 1983. Rare. The obverse struck somewhat off center, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Baldwin's Hong Kong Coin Auction 60, 7 April 2016, 243.

This issue is the earliest Islamic coin struck in Kuche in central Xinjiang.