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The Kian Collection - Part 3

(Islamic and Persian Coins and Medals, Orders of the Chivalry)


The Tuhfa Collection of Arabic Gold Coins

ISLAMISCHE MÜNZEN Khwarizmshahs (Anushteginid)

Lot 17

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Lot 17

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Description

Muhammad ('Ala al-Din Abu'l-Fath, b. Takish), 596-617 AH (1200-1220). 10 Dinars 613 AH (1216/1217), Ghazna Mint. 44.79 g. Album -. Äusserst selten / Extremely rare. NGC MS64. Prachtexemplar / Cabinet piece.

These spectacular coins of this type struck for the treasury of Ghazna, weighing ten Iranian mithqâls, were known in the name of the Ghorid Ghiyâth ad-dîn Muhammad with the date 597 AH (Numismatica Genevensis, Geneva, 18 October 2019, lot 19) and 598 AH (National Museum Qatar, illustrated in the cover illustrations of their catalogues vols 1 and 2). For the Khwârizmshâh 'Alâ ad-dîn Muhammad such a piece is also known with the date 614 AH (Numismatica Genevensis, Geneva, November 2019, lot 169). It seems likely that these coins were released from the treasury by the Khwârizmshah Jalâl ad-dîn to win support in his long anti-Mongol fight before Cinggis Khan could take the city on Rajab 618 AH (August 1221).

Finest certified by NGC.