ISLAMIC, Mongols. Great Khans. Uncertain rulers, AD 1230s-1260s. Dirham (Silver, 21 mm, 1.48 g), Imil, AH 662 = 1263/4. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘ḍuriba al-dirham bi al-madina Īmīl’ (‘[This] dirham was struck in the town of Imil’ in Arabic). Rev. Double-trident tamgha of Möngke in the center; the date in the margin. Album S1979. Some weakness and lightly toned, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, formed since the 1970s.

The tamgha of Möngke was retained at Imil even after his death in AH 657 = 1259.