ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Abaqa, AH 663-681 / AD 1265-1282. Dinar (Electrum, 30 mm, 2.52 g, 9 h), Astarabad type. Shiʿa kalima in a dotted central circle, ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh Muḥammad ra/sūl Allāh / ʿAlī walī Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ali is the friend of Allah’ in Arabic); illegible mint and date formula around. Rev. ‘qāʾān al-ʿādil’ (‘The just Khan’’ in Arabic) in a hexagram surrounded by geometric designs and dots. Album -. Diler A-101 (Shiʿa kalima in a square). Rare. Struck from worn dies and with some areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.

From a North American collection.