★ Apparently unpublished and unique ★

ISLAMIC, Mongols. Great Khans. Uncertain rulers, AD 1220s-1230s. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 4.44 g, 10 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, ‘qāʾān / yarlīghī’ (‘by order of the Khan’ in Arabic); marginal legend effaced. Cf. Album 1966 (without the Mongolian word ‘yarlīghī’). Apparently unpublished and unique. Areas of weakness and slightly wavy, otherwise, very fine.