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2 Dirhams - 'Ilkhans' Anushirwan Khan Type A
| Issuer | Chupanid puppet state of Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1344 |
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| Thickness | 0.5 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central field dominated by a mihrab (prayer niche) architectural motif rendered in bold raised lines, with a pointed arch surmounting multiple lines of Arabic religious inscription arranged within the niche in horizontal registers. A circular marginal legend in Arabic script encircles the central device, separated by a dotted or beaded inner border. The overall design follows the standard Ilkhanid mihrab-type reverse layout, with the niche symbolically evoking Islamic piety and dynastic legitimacy. The hammered flan results in some weakness and irregularity at the periphery. |
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| Mintage | 745 (1344) |
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Anushirwan Khan was the last Ilkhanid claimant propped up by the Chupanid amirs, a fiction of legitimacy maintained well after the Ilkhanate had functionally ceased to exist as a coherent state. By 1344, the Chupanids themselves were months from collapse, destroyed by the rival Jalayirids. This coin is essentially administrative archaeology — minted to assert a sovereignty that existed nowhere outside the die.