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Auction 45  26-29 Jan 2023
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Lot 2081

Starting price: 140 USD
Price realized: 220 USD
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GREAT MONGOLS: Anonymous, AE broad dirham (5.21g), Samarqand, AH663, A-B1979, Davidovich-10, the central legend, divided on obverse & reverse, is Turkic (Uighur) in Arabic letters samarqand-da yashlin tashlin // almaghuchi yal wa qulugh bolghay, which is translated as "in Samarqand, inside [or] outside, / [he] who does not take [this coin as money] will become a mercenary and a slave", nice strike, Fine to VF, RR. This is the last Samarqand issue assigned to the Chingizids, thereafter the mint was Chaghatayid. Thanks to Zeno-4377 for the Uighur translation.

Estimate: 170-240 USD
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