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Dirham - 'Ilkhan' Arghun Khan
| Issuer | Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1286 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Hammered silver flan bearing a multilingual legend in Mongolian rendered in Uighur script, arranged in horizontal lines across the field. The inscription names the Ilkhanid ruler Arghun Khan and invokes issuance in the name of the Great Khan, combining Mongolian political authority with Islamic coinage conventions. The script is boldly struck though slightly irregular due to the hammered technique, with letters filling the central field and extending toward the rim. No figural imagery is present, consistent with the aniconic tradition of Ilkhanid silver coinage. The overall layout reflects the distinctive bilingual administrative character of Arghun Khan's monetary issues. |
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| Obverse lettering | Khagan nreber Arghunun deledkedgülüg ارغون (Translation: Struck by Arghun in the name of the Great Khan Arghun) |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays the Islamic Shahadah (declaration of faith) inscribed within a rectilinear square cartouche that dominates the central field, a hallmark of Ilkhanid dirham design. The legend is arranged in multiple horizontal lines within the square border, executed in Arabic Naskh script. Surrounding the central square, along the margins, appear supplementary Arabic inscriptions recording the date of issue (AH 685 / 1286 CE) and possibly the mint name, though the peripheral legend is partially off-flan due to the irregular hammered flan. The composition adheres strictly to the canonical Islamic epigraphic formula, with no figurative elements. The die workmanship is characteristic of late 13th-century Ilkhanid provincial mint production. |
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