ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Abu Sa'id, AH 716-736 / AD 1316-1335. Dinar (Gold, 22 mm, 7.26 g, 11 h), type G, Jajarm, AH 733 = 1332/3. Within an octofoil, ‘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 looped octagon, ‘ḍarb / al-sulṭān al-aʿẓam / Abū Saʿīd Bahādur Khān / khallada Allāh mulkahū / Jājarm’ (‘The supreme Sultan Abu Saʿid Bahadur Khan. May Allah perpetuate his kingdom. Struck in Jajarm’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘ḍarb – Jājarm – fī – sana – thalāth – wa thalāthīn – wa sabʿa – miʾa’ (‘Struck in Jajarm in the year 733’ in Arabic). Album 2212. Diler Ab-525. Some scratches and slightly wavy, otherwise, very fine.

From an important collection of Byzantine and Islamic coins and seals, formed over the past 25 years.