2 Dirhams - `Ilkhan` Abu Sa`id Khan Type F

€160,193.00
IssuerIlkhanate
Year1323-1328
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value2 Dirhams (1.4)
CurrencyDinar (1256-1388)
CompositionSilver
Weight3.57 g
Dimensions21 mm
Thickness1 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
OrientationVariable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Album Islamic#2210
Obverse descriptionArabic text within a square. Arabic text again in the margin outside of the square. All surrounded by a circle and a circle of beads.
Obverse scriptArabic
Obverse letteringلا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله (center) ابو بكر ـ عمر ـ عثمان ـ علي (margin)
(Translation: No deity but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God (center)  Ali - Uthman - Umar - Abu Bakr (margin) (the first 4 caliphs of Islam in the same order as the Arabic text; clockwise))
Reverse descriptionArabic text in a circle. Again Arabic text outside this circle. All surrounded by a circle and a circle of beads.
Reverse scriptArabic
Reverse letteringIn center ضرب السلطان أبو سعيد بحدر خان خلد ملكه ارزنجان In margin فى سنه اربعه و عشرىن و سبعماىه
(Translation: In center  Struck at the time of Sultan Abu Sa`id Bahdur Khan May his kingdom be Immortalized Arzinjan (Erzincan)  In margin  In the year seven hundred and twenty-four)
Edge
Mintارزنجان
Arzanjan, modern-day Erzincan,Turkey
تبریز
Tebriz, modern-day Tabriz,Iran
Mintage ?  - -
723 (1323)  - -
724 (1324)  - -
725 (1325)  - -
726 (1326)  - -
727 (1327)  - -
728 (1328)  - -
Catalog ID1750830440
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