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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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| Value | 2 Dirhams (1.4) |
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| Obverse description | Central field enclosed within a pointed hexafoil cartouche, the outer margin divided into six cloud-shaped lobes characteristic of Ilkhanid decorative convention. Multiple lines of Arabic inscription in bold relief occupy the interior of the hexafoil, presenting the ruler's name and titles in a stylized thuluth-influenced script. The lobed border creates a clear visual separation between the central legend area and the surrounding marginal field. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, consistent with hand-hammered production, with legends partially weak at the flan edges. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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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.