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Dinar - Arghun Uyghur Obverse, Mithqal Weight
| Issuer | Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1284-1291 |
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| Value | 1 Dinar (2) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears a multi-line legend in the Uyghur-Mongolian script, rendered in the distinctive folded or 'square' Mongolian style adapted for coinage, filling the entire field without a border. The inscription, struck in high relief on an irregularly flan, identifies the Ilkhanid ruler Arghun Khan and carries his titles and formulaic invocations. The script flows across the surface in horizontal bands, characteristic of the transitional bilingual coinage introduced under Arghun's monetary reform. The flat, unbordered field and the densely packed calligraphic arrangement give the obverse a distinctly Central Asian aesthetic, differentiating it from contemporary Islamic dinars. The flan edges are ragged and irregular, typical of hammered gold coinage of the Ilkhanate period. |
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| Obverse script | Mongolian (Uyghur script) |
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| Mint | Baghdad, Iraq Shiraz, Iran Tebriz, modern-day Tabriz,Iran |
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