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Lot 755
Item 101103 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (4.25g), Balkh, AH62x, A-1964, with the full name of Chingiz Khan, mint name weak but certain, attractuve Very Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
Probably unique, the only known gold dinar of the Balkh mint bearing the name of Chingiz Khan. Was sold in the New York Auction XIV, lot 545, in January 2007, and is now listed as Zeno-39635.
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Lot 756
Item 101112 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.38g) (Bukh)ara, ND, A-1964, chingiz khan / al-'adil / al-a'zam in obverse field, lovely Very Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection, Busso Peus auction 378-379, August 2004, lot #1407, now Zeno-5001.
The following description appeared in the Peus sale: Only two types of gold dinars of Chingiz Khan are known on which his name can be read. The first from the mint of Ghazna and dated 618 H was found in about 100 specimen in an Afghan hoard of 1996, the second from Bukhara was represented in an Iranian hoard around 1970 with about five coins of the present type. It is now believed that the 1996 hoard contained 150-200 specimens of the Ghazna 618 type, all from the same pair of dies. Steve Album purchased a Bukhara example at the Los Angeles coin fair early 1970s, probably for about $50, which was likely not far below its retail value at the time. A third dinar type with his name has subsequently been discovered (the previous lot of Balkh mint).
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Lot 757
Item 101104 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (4.66g), Ghazna, AH618, A-1964, with the full name of Chingiz Khan, very clear mint & date, some peculiar striking error, perhaps due to a small metal wire stuck to the planchet during striking, lovely Very Fine, R, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
From the 1996 hoard, as are virtually all known dinars of Ghazna 618. The hoard allegedly contained between 150 and 200 examples, all from the same dies.
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Lot 758
Item 101107 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (4.09g), Ghazna, AH6(18), A-1964, with the full name of Chingiz Khan, clear mint, date can only be 618, minimal weakness, strong Very Fine, R, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
From the 1996 hoard, as are virtually all known dinars of Ghazna 618. The hoard allegedly contained between 150 and 200 examples, all from the same dies.
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Lot 759
Item 101108 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (4.43g), Ghazna, AH61(8), A-1964, with the full name of Chingiz Khan, one of the Ghazna 618 hoard coins, strong Very Fine, R, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
From the 1996 hoard, as are virtually all known dinars of Ghazna 618. The hoard allegedly contained between 150 and 200 examples, all from the same dies.
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Lot 760
Item 105306 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (5.36g) (Ghazna), AH618, A-1964, double-struck, Very Fine, R.
This remarkable specimen was struck once, then flipped over and restruck. The name Chingiz Khan is thus visible on both sides, chingiz kh(an) on the later strike, ching…. on the initial strike! The date is very clear on the later strike. The mint must be Ghazna, as both strikes are from the standard Ghazna 618 dies.
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Lot 761
Item 101045 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (2.35g), Astarabad, ND, A-1965, fine calligraphy, similar to Khwarizmshah issues, probably struck during the lifetime of Chingiz Khan, lovely Extremely Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
Obverse: astarabad / al-khaqan / al-'adil / al-a'zam, ornaments left & right. Reverse: the kalima in two lines, followed by … 'ala Allah, with undetermined text or ornamentation left & right.
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Lot 762
Item 101047 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (6.57g), Astarabad, ND, A-1965, al-khaqan al-'adil al-a'zam, with the word baldat to the right (off flan on this specimen), nusrat to the left, & the mint name Astarabad above / kalima, with undetermined tamgha to the right, crudy Very Fine to Extremely Fine, RR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 763
Item 101046 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (2.32g), Astarabad, ND, A-1965, al-khaqan al-'adil al-a'zam, with the word baldat to the right & the mint name Astarabad above / kalima, with undetermined tamgha to the right, crudy Very Fine to Extremely Fine, RR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 764
Item 101054 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (2.89g), Barchin, ND, A-1965, Barchin (or Barjin) was located in the westernmost region of Central Asia, and was also briefly a mint for the Golden Horde in AH753 (copper pul only, cf. Zeno-36195), the city was mentioned by Plano Carpini in his 13th century work, Ystoria Mongolorum, written after his journey from Italy to Mongolia, Very Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
Inscribed al-khaqan al-a'zam in the obverse field, with darb below and the mint name above; the mint name is also in the obverse marginal inscription. If there is a date, it is off flan on this specimen, probably the only one thus far reported. The reverse bears the kalima, with the caliph's name (al-Nasir) below. Probably unique.
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Lot 765
Item 101062 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.09g), Dihistan, ND, A-1965, cf. Zeno-90273, al-khaqan / al-'adil / al-a'zam on obverse, kalima on reverse, nice strike, Extremely Fine, RR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
Mint name above obverse, with darb to right and floral ornament to left. Mint name formula, possibly with date (both off-flan), in obverse margin, part of Qur'an 9:33 in reverse margin. Dihistan is an extremely rare mint for the early Great Mongol coinage.
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Lot 766
Item 101063 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (2.81g), Herat, ND, A-1965, cf. Zeno-90273, al-khaqan al-'adil al-a'zam on obverse, with mint name above, kalima on reverse, marginal legends blundered, slightly bent, Very Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
Although Great Mongol silver coins of Herat mint are well known, no gold coins seem to have been published.
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Lot 767
Item 101061 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.09g) (Damghan?), ND, A-1966, kalima inscriptions completed on both sides, with qa'an above obverse, mint name above reverse but largely illegible, Very Fine, RR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 768
Item 101068 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.67g), Otrar, AHxx5, A-1966, kalima on obverse, with mint below, caliph al-Nasir cited on reverse, with qa'an above, some weakness, Very Fine, RR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
The floral ornament above the obverse includes a section that has been considered the tamgha of Güyük Khan (Badarch Nyamaa, The coins of the Mongol Empire., p.51). If that is correct, then the date should be AH645.
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Lot 769
Item 101096 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.23g), NM, ND, A-1966, obverse text al-qa'an al-'adil al-a'zam, about 40% flat strike, very crude Very Fine, R, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 770
Item 101090 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.48g), mint obscure, ND, A-1966, obverse text al-qa'an al-'adil al-'a'zam, kalima reverse, about 35% flat strike, Very Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
Mint name quite clear in reverse margin but unidentified.
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Lot 771
Item 101048 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (5.92g), Badakhshan, ND, A-A1967, Zeno-90274, citing the caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah on the obverse, the kalima on reverse, fully clear mint name above kalima, also in obverse margin, the latter partially clear on this piece, Extremely Fine, RR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
There is only one known set of dies for Badakhshan dinars of the Chingiz Khan period. Judging by style and calligraphy, I would strongly consider this type to have been struck during Chingiz Khan's lifetime, probably during or very shortly after 1220. The Mongol conquest of the region took place circa 1219-1222.
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Lot 772
Item 101051 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.17g), Badakhshan, ND, A-A1967, Zeno-90274, citing the caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah on the obverse, the kalima on reverse, fully clear mint name above kalima, also in obverse margin, the latter partially visible on this piece, usual weakness, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, RR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
There is only one known set of dies for Badakhshan dinars of the Chingiz Khan period.
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Lot 773
Item 101052 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.60g), Badakhshan, ND, A-A1967, Zeno-90274, citing the caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah on the obverse, the kalima on reverse, fully clear mint name above kalima, also in obverse margin, the latter partially visible on this piece, usual weakness, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, RR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
There is only one known set of dies for Badakhshan dinars of the Chingiz Khan period.
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Lot 774
Item 101049 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.39g), Badakhshan, ND, A-A1967, Zeno-90274, citing the caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah on the obverse, the kalima on reverse, fully clear mint name above kalima, also in obverse margin, the latter partially clear on this piece, Very Fine, RR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
There is only one known set of dies for Badakhshan dinars of the Chingiz Khan period.
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Lot 775
Item 101050 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (2.15g), Badakhshan, ND, A-A1967, Zeno-90274, citing the caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah on the obverse, the kalima on reverse, fully clear mint name above kalima, also in obverse margin, the latter mostly clear on this piece, one long flan crack (as struck), Very Fine, RR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
There is only one known set of dies for Badakhshan dinars of the Chingiz Khan period.
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Lot 776
Item 101064 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (4.45g), Khujandah, ND, A-A1967, cf. Zeno-44046, kalima on obverse, mint name below / caliph al-Nasir cited on reverse, denominational term khani above, about 40% flat strike, crude Very Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 777
Item 101065 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.70g), Khujandah, ND, A-A1967, cf. Zeno-90087, kalima on obverse, mint name above / caliph al-Nasir cited on reverse, khani above, mint name repeated below, irregular flan, crude Very Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
Part of a date visible in the reverse margin, … al-yawm al-'ashari min … , "the tenth day of…." I have not found any reference to another specimen that might reveal the full date.
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Lot 778
Item 101066 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (2.34g), Marw, ND, A-A1967, both sides within square formed of pellets, mint below obverse, traces of date in reverse margin, said to be AH647 but unconfirmed, crude Extremely Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
Obverse text: al-mulk lillah wa muhammad rasul Allah sal' Allah 'alayhi, reverse text: al-nasir li-din Allah amir al-mu'minin. Both texts divided into 4 lines. Appears unpublished.
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Lot 779
Item 101067 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (2.26g) (Marw), ND, A-A1967, both sides within square formed of pellets, mint below obverse, traces of date in reverse margin, said to be AH647 but unconfirmed, same dies as the previous lot, very crude Very Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
Obverse text: al-mulk lillah wa muhammad rasul Allah sal' Allah 'alayhi, reverse text: al-nasir li-din Allah amir al-mu'minin. Both texts divided into 4 lines. Appears unpublished.
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Lot 780
Item 101069 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (4.28g), Otrar, ND, A-A1967, kalima on obverse, with mint below, caliph al-Nasir cited on reverse, traces of undetermined marginal inscriptions, considerable weakness, Fine to Very Fine, RR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 781
Item 101070 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (2.68g), Otrar, ND, A-A1967, kalima on obverse, with mint below, caliph al-Nasir cited on reverse, traces of undetermined marginal inscriptions, flat centers, not very attractive, Fine to Very Fine, RR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 782
Item 101071 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (4.26g), Samarqand, AH61x or 63x, A-A1967, kalima on obverse, with mint above & in margin, caliph al-Nasir cited on reverse, also in margin with date, double-struck, Very Fine, RR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 783
Item 101089 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (2.96g), NM, ND, A-A1967, kalima obverse with the caliph al-Nasir named below, caliph's name & title on reverse, Very Fine, RR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 784
Item 101094 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (2.72g), NM, ND, A-A1967, kalima obverse with the caliph al-Nasir named below, caliph's name & title on reverse, marginal legends illegible, crude Very Fine, R, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 785
Item 101053 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.60g), Badakhshan, ND, A-B1967, fully clear mint at about 7h30 of the reverse margin, possibly followed by a date (off flan), bent once, Very Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
Inscribed la ilah illa Allah al-malik al-haqq al-mubin in obverse field, muhammad rasul Allah al-sayyid al-sadiq al-amin in reverse field. The final letters of Allah on the reverse are presumably at the top of the reverse field, flat on this specimen. This is the only example of this type known to me.
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Lot 786
Item 101059 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (4.02g), Bukhara, ND, A-B1967, kalima inscriptions only, with the mint name below both obverse & reverse (not clear on obverse), normal "r" in rasul, some weakness, Very Fine, R, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
The mint name, in the form of baldat bukhara, "the city of Bukhara", is also clear in both the obverse & reverse margins. In other words, the mint is named four times, perhaps because the mint-workers were so lackdaisical they they hoped the mint name would be legible at least once!
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Lot 787
Item 101055 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (4.30g), Bukhara, ND, A-B1967, kalima inscriptions only, with the mint name below both obverse & reverse, normal "r" in rasul, lovely example, choice Very Fine, R, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
The obverse margin bears part of Qur'an 9:33, the reverse margin the mint formula (mint name off flan on this example). This type is never dated.
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Lot 788
Item 101060 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (5.71g), Bukhara, ND, A-B1967, kalima inscriptions only, with the mint name below both obverse & reverse, knot-based ornaments above both fields, Very Fine, R, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 789
Item 101056 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (4.08g), Bukhara, ND, A-B1967, kalima inscriptions only, with the mint name below both obverse & reverse, top of "r" in rasul curls upward then with a long point to the left, lahu above obverse, annulet above reverse, usual weakness, Very Fine, R, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
The reverse margin bears part of Qur'an 9:33, the obverse margin the mint formula (mint name partly visible). This type is never dated.
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Lot 790
Item 101057 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.53g), Bukhara, ND, A-B1967, kalima inscriptions only, with the mint name below both obverse & reverse, top of "r" in rasul curls upward, lahu above obverse, floral ornament atop both fields, usual weakness, Very Fine, R, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 791
Item 101058 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.16g), Bukhara, ND, A-B1967, kalima inscriptions only, with the mint name below both obverse & reverse (not clear on obverse), top of "r" in rasul curls upward then with a long point to the left, obverse double-struck, Fine to Very Fine, R, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
The reverse margin bears part of Qur'an 9:33, the obverse margin the mint formula (mostly off flan on this specimen). This type is never dated.
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Lot 792
Item 101093 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.62g), Kurzuwan, DM, A-B1967, kalima in obverse field, mint name clear in obverse margin, the reverse text al-imam al-a'zam amir al-mu'minin without his name, usual weakness, crude Extremely Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 793
Item 101075 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (5.09g), Samarqand, ND, A-B1967, mint below obverse portion of kalima, marginal legends almost entirely off flan, obverse in plain circle, reverse in inner circle within square, Very Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
Probably an unpublished type.
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Lot 794
Item 101073 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (5.21g), Samarqand, ND, A-B1967, mint below obverse portion of kalima, broad flan, Very Fine, RR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 795
Item 101074 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.48g), Samarqand, ND, A-B1967, mint above obverse portion of kalima, probably also in margin, Very Fine, RR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 796
Item 101072 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (2.19g), Samarqand, ND, A-B1967, mint below obverse portion of kalima, narrow flan, Fine, RR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 797
Item 101076 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.92g), Shum, AH630, A-B1967, mint above obverse, knotted ornament above reverse, the date is repeated in standard formula in both obverse & reverse margins, strong Very Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
The mint name is uncertain, perhaps a shortened form for Shuman. Probably unpublished.
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Lot 798
Item 101092 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (2.48g), NM, ND, A-C1967, the reverse text al-imam al-a'zam amir al-mu'minin without his name, crude Very Fine, R, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 799
Item 101095 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.40g), NM, ND, A-C1967, simple kalima on both sides, bent, crude Very Fine, R, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 800
Item 101091 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (1.14g), NM, ND, A-C1967, appears to be kalima only on both sides, clear on one side, misstruck on the other side, very crude Very Fine, R, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 801
Item 101099 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (2.77g), NM, ND, A-C1967var, blundered imitation of a Fatimid dinar of the caliph al-Amir, but unfortunately, a large piece is broken off, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
This gold coin was found in a Central Asian hoard group of perhaps 25 or 30 gold coins of various Great Mongol types, many of which are in this auction. The group appeared in the market in the late 1990s, from a source in Hong Kong, who said the hoard came from Xinjiang province of China. This example closely resembles a Crusader copy of a Fatimid dinar of al-Amir. One side bears the text ‘al ghaya, "extremely pure", appropriate for the original Fatimid dinars, but not for the Crusader and Mongol imitations. The same design, also with ‘al ghaya, appears on Chaghatayid silver dirhams of Almaligh (in what is now northwestern Xinjiang) dated AH639 (Zeno-77447). The color of the gold is lighter than the Crusader issues, presumably due to a different alloy or fineness.
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Lot 802
Item 101100 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (2.12g), al-Urdu al-A'zam, ND, A-D1967, clearly engraved mint name, totally blundered text in reverse field and both margins, Very Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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Lot 803
Item 101097 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.54g), NM, ND, A-D1967, kalima / caliph, but severely blundered and many misspellings, probably from an informal mint in Xinjiang region, Very Fine, R, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
Same reverse die as Zeno-36295.
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Lot 804
Item 101101 |
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.98g), NM, ND, A-D1967, reasonably legible kalima on obverse, caliph misstated on reverse as al-imam al-a'zam al-nasir li-din with several spelling errors, bold Very Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection.
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