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2 Dirhams - 'Ilkhan' Abu Sa'id Khan Type C
| Issuer | Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1316-1335 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing a multi-line Arabic inscription in Naskh script proclaiming the reign of the Ilkhanid sultan: 'Struck in the time of the Mighty Sultan Abu Sa'id — may God perpetuate his reign.' The legend is arranged in horizontal registers across the coin's face, framed by a circular border. The hammered flan produces an irregular edge with slight striking weakness typical of Ilkhanid silver coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Central field displaying the Islamic profession of faith (Shahada) in multi-line Arabic Naskh script: 'There is no deity but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God,' arranged in horizontal registers. Below or surrounding the Shahada, the names of the four Rightly Guided Caliphs of Islam — Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali — are inscribed, reflecting the Sunni confessional stance of Abu Sa'id's Ilkhanate. The overall layout follows standard Ilkhanid dirhamic design conventions, with the text filling the available field on the irregular hammered flan. |
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Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan inherited the Ilkhanate at age twelve following the death of Öljaitü, and his nearly two-decade reign marked the last period of stable Ilkhanid rule before the khanate fractured irreversibly after his death in 1335 — he died without a male heir, triggering a succession crisis that destroyed the dynasty within fifteen years. The Type C classification within his dirham series reflects a die revision made during his reign, though the precise administrative trigger for the change remains debated among specialists.