★ A very rare dinar of Chingiz (Genghis) ★
ISLAMIC, Mongols. Great Khans. Chingiz (Genghis), AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 3.14 g, 11 h), Bukhara. Within a circle, ‘Bukhārā / lā ilāha illā / Allāh Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh’ (‘Bukhara. There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); marginal legend effaced. Rev. Within a circle, ‘Jinkiz khān / al-ʿādil / al-aʿẓam’ (‘Chingiz Khan, the Just, the Supreme’ in Arabic); marginal legend effaced. Album 1964. Very rare. Struck from worn dies as usual and with a ragged edge, otherwise, about very fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Islamic Auction 4, 19-20 October 2023, 192.
Price realized | 1'500 CHF |
Starting price | 100 CHF |