Great Mongols, AV dinar, temp. Chingiz Khan, 618AH

Great Mongols. Temp. Chingiz Khan (603-624AH / 1206-1227AD)

AV dinar (4.80 g)

Style of Badakhshan mint

The Mongol conquest of Badakhshan was part of the larger Mongol invasions of Central Asia and Persia in the 13th century. Badakhshan, a mountainous region straddling modern-day Afghanistan and Tajikistan, was strategically important due to its location along trade routes and its role as a refuge for local rulers

Clear date 618AH (in the margin at 13 o’clock – 18 o’clock on the REVERSE)

OBVERSE: “la ilah illa allah muhammad rasulu allah” (there is no deity except God, Muhammad is the messenger of God). Surat At-Tawbah, Verse 33, in margins:

هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُۥ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَدِينِ ٱلْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلدِّينِ كُلِّهِۦ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْمُشْرِكُونَ (It is He who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to make it prevail over all religion, even though the polytheists dislike it)

REVERSE: “al-nasir al-din allah amir al-mu’minin” (al-Nasir al-Din Allah Commander of the faithful). Mint formula in margins: “bismillah ‘darb ha’da fi sana thaman ‘ashra sittmi’a” (in the name of God this was struck in the year eighteen six hundred): بِسْمِ اللَّهِ ضُرِبَ هَذَا فِي سَنَةِ ثَمَانِ عَشْرَ وَسِتِّمِائَةٍ

Superb UNC to MS. Exceptional strike and full legends

Dated dinars of early Great Mongols’ issues are EXTREMELY RARE

References:

Z-308226 (this coin)

coins.ha.com (similar type sold in lower grade AU58)

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