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Dirham - 'Ilkhan' Abu Sa'id Khan Type A
| Issuer | Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1316-1335 |
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| Value | 1 Dirham (0.7) |
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| Obverse description | Hammered silver dirham with an aniconic design composed entirely of Arabic script arranged in multiple horizontal lines across the field. The central area bears the Shahada and names of the first four Rightly Guided Caliphs in flowing Naskh script. A circular marginal legend runs within the outer border of the irregularly shaped flan. The overall striking is characteristic of Ilkhanid mint practice, with bold raised lettering on a flat, slightly granular field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan inherited the Ilkhanate at age twelve following the death of Öljaitü, and his reign marked the last period of relative stability before the dynasty's collapse. The Type A dirham series predates the monetary reforms he later enacted, placing these coins in the earlier phase of his rule when the Ilkhanate still commanded genuine administrative coherence across Persia and Iraq.
Album 2193 encompasses considerable mint and date variation across the type. Zeno catalog specimen 4790 provides a useful comparative baseline, though attribution of individual pieces remains dependent on legible mint names — frequently the weakest element on surviving examples due to die crowding at that location specifically.