ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur, AH 716-736 / AD 1316-1335. 2 Dirhams (Silver, 23 mm, 3.37 g), Type F, Shiraz, AH 724 = 1324. Within a square, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); the names of the four Rashidun Caliphs around. Rev. Within a central circle, ‘ḍarb / al-sulṭān Abū Saʿīd / Bahādur Khān / khalada Mulkuhū / Shīrāz’ (‘Sultan Abu Saʿid Bahadur Khan. May his kingdom be perpetuated. Struck in Shiraz’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘fī sana arbaʿ wa ʿishrīn wa sabʿa miʾa al-ḥamd lillāh’ (‘In the year 724. Praise be to Allah’ in Arabic). Album 2210. Diler Ab-506 (without ‘al-ḥamd lillāh’). Struck slightly off center and with areas of weakness, otherwise, about extremely fine.

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