ISLAMIC, Mongols. Great Khans. Möngke, AH 649-658 / AD 1251-1260. Dirham (Silver, 19 mm, 1.33 g), posthumous issue, Pulad, date off flan. Double-trident tamgha of Möngke in a central circle; in the margin, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh Muḥammad rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic). Rev. ‘ḍuriba hādhā / al-dirham / bi sikka Būlād’ (‘This dirham was struck with the die of Pulad’ in Arabic); illegible date around. Zeno 2435. Rare. Nicely toned. Areas of weakness, otherwise, good very fine.

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

Similar issues bear the dates AH 658 (= 1259/60) and AH 659 (1260/1).