★ Very rare ★

ISLAMIC, Mongols. Great Khans. Chingiz (Genghis), AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. Dinar (Electrum, 23 mm, 5.56 g, 6 h), Ghazna, AH 61[8] = 1221/2. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah (AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225), ‘[lā ilāha illā Allāh] / Muḥammad rasūl [Allāh] / al-Nāṣir li-dīn Allāh / amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Nasir li-din Allah, Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic); marginal legend mostly off center and effaced, ‘[Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq] liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn [kullih wa law kariha al-mushrikūn]’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions, even though the unbelievers may dislike it’ in Arabic). Rev. Within a circle, ‘al-khāqān / al-ʿādil / al-aʿẓam / [Jinkiz khān]’ (‘Khaqan, the Just, the Supreme, Chingiz Khan’ in Arabic); mint and date formula in the margin. Album 1964. Very rare. Struck slightly off center and with aeas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.

From a North American collection, ex Album 46, 18 May 2023, 733.