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Dirham - Mas'ud al-Khwarizmi Kashgar mint, citing overlord Möngke

Issuer Chagatai Khanate
Year 1251-1260
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Weight 3.11 g
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Obverse lettering لا إله إلا الله
محمد رسول الله
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Reverse description Central field bears a multi-line inscription in Arabic occupying three registers within a double linear circle, attributing the issue to the local governor Mas'ud al-Khwarizmi and recording the mint authority. The legend is executed in an angular, provincial hand consistent with hammered Chagatai-period coinage of Kashgar. An outer marginal band, partially legible and containing an Old Uyghur legend, encircles the inner inscription field; the Uyghur text, running along the periphery, reflects the bilingual administrative character of Mongol coinage in Transoxiana and Eastern Turkestan. The reverse flan is similarly irregular and heavily patinated, with reddish copper visible through the degraded silver plating.
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Mintage ND (1251-1260) - 649-658 AH
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