ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Shahs of Badakhshan. Dawlatshah, circa AH 690-693 / AD1291-1294. Dirham (Silver, 21 mm, 2.12 g, 3 h), Badakhshan, date illegible. Within a central circle, ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); ruler cited in the margin as ‘Shams [al-Dīn Dawlatshāh ibn ʿAl]i Shāh Badakhshān’. Rev. ‘qāʾān / al-ʿādil / sikka’ (‘Coin of the Just Khan’ in Arabic); date formula in the margin. Album 2013. Rare. Areas of weakness and the flan slightly bent, otherwise, nearly very fine.

From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Album 29, 14 September 2017, 405.