ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Abu Saʿid, AH 716-736 / AD 1316-1335. 6 Dirhams (Silver, 25 mm, 8.77 g, 10 h), type H (bilingual), Astarabad, Khani Year 33 = AH 733/4 = AD 1333. Within a circle, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh Muḥammad rasūl Allāh ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him’ in Arabic in the spiraled Kufic script); the names of the four Rashidun Caliphs around. Rev. Within a circle, ‘Busaida’ (‘Abu Saʿid’ in the Uighur script); above and below, ‘al-sulṭān al-ʿālam al-ʿādil / ḍarb – Astarābād / Bahādur Khān khalada mulkuhū’ (‘The just king of the world, Bahadur Khan. May his kingdom be perpetuated. Struck in Astarabad’ in Arabic); around, ‘ḍuriba fī / sana thalāth / wa thalāthīn / al-khāniyya’ (‘Struck in the Khani Year 33). Album 2217. Diler Ab-542. Struck slightly off center and with light nicks, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the Tony Nozar Collection, ex Heritage 232315, 12 April 2023, 62478 (part of).