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1/2 Dirham - 'Ilkhan' Hulagu Khan
| Issuer | Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1256-1265 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Epigraphic design featuring the Shahada (Islamic declaration of faith) inscribed in multiple lines across the field in Arabic Naskh script. The central legend reads the full profession of faith affirming the oneness of God and the prophethood of Muhammad. The inscription is arranged horizontally in three lines within the coin's field, enclosed by a linear inner border and an outer beaded or dotted border following the irregular, flan edge. The surface displays characteristic hammer-struck relief with flat fields typical of early Ilkhanid silver coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له محمد رسول الله |
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Hulagu Khan established the Ilkhanate after the Mongol campaigns that destroyed Abbasid Baghdad in 1258 — the sack that ended five centuries of caliphal rule and killed Caliph Al-Musta'sim. The right to strike coinage was one of the first instruments of legitimacy Hulagu claimed, yet his early issues remain poorly systematized, with attribution disputes persisting across the major catalogs. Diler's numbering diverges from Album's sequence in ways that suggest the two scholars worked from different hoard compositions entirely.