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2 Dirhams - 'Ilkhan' Abu Sa'id Khan Type H
| Issuer | Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1334-1338 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field displaying a square Kufic (kufic murabba`) composition in which the Shahada — the Islamic profession of faith — is rendered in interlocking angular calligraphy. The four sides of the square frame bear the names of the four Rashidun (Rightly Guided) Caliphs: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali. The design is enclosed within a plain inner border and a beaded outer border consistent with Ilkhanid hammered coinage of the period. |
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Abu Sa'id was the last Ilkhan to exercise real authority over a unified realm — after his death in 1335 without an heir, the khanate fractured almost immediately into competing successor dynasties. These later Type H dirhams, struck across the final years of his reign, belong to a monetary system already under strain, with regional mints operating with increasing autonomy as central Mongol control weakened.
The Diler reference places this among a tightly catalogued sequence of Abu Sa'id silver issues distinguished by field arrangement and mint attribution.