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2 Dirhams - 'Ilkhan' Abu Sa'id Khan Type F
| Issuer | Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1323-1328 |
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| Value | 2 Dirhams (1.4) |
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| Obverse description | Central square cartouche containing the Shahada in Arabic script: 'There is no deity but God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God.' The marginal legend outside the square names the four Rightly Guided Caliphs — Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali — arranged clockwise in Arabic. The entire design is enclosed within a plain inner circle and an outer beaded border, a characteristic framing convention of Ilkhanid hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears a multi-line Arabic inscription naming Sultan Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan and invoking perpetuity upon his reign, followed by the mint name Arzinjan (modern Erzincan, Turkey). The marginal legend records the Hijri year of issue. The design is framed by a plain inner circle and an outer beaded border, consistent with Ilkhanid hammered silver coinage of the early 8th century AH. |
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Abu Sa'id was the last Ilkhan to exercise genuine authority over the dynasty's territories, and the years covered by this type coincide with the period following his 1318 elimination of the powerful amir Choban's rival faction — a political consolidation that briefly stabilized Ilkhanid coinage administration after years of fractious regional minting. The Album 2210 classification encompasses several die varieties reflecting the decentralized production across mints from Tabriz to Sultaniyya.
Abu Sa'id died in 1335 without an heir, triggering the collapse that no subsequent claimant could arrest.