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Dirham - "Ilkhan" Ghazan Mahmud Khan

Features

Issuer Ilkhanate
Khan Ghazan Mahmud (1295-1304)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 698-701 (1299-1302)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 1 Dirham (0.7)
Currency Dinar (1256-1388)
Composition Silver
Weight 2.15 g
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
227749
References Album Islamic# 2173
Stephen Album; 2011. A Checklist of Islamic Coins (3rd Edition). Self-published, Santa Rosa, California, United States.

Obverse

Mixed script in Uighur in Mongolian script, and Arabic.
Unknown Phags-Pa inscription to left.

Scripts: 'Phags-pa, Arabic, Old Uyghur

Lettering:
Tengriyin
Küchündür
غازان محمود
Ghasanu
Deledkegülük-
sen

Translation:
By the might of heaven
Ghazan Mahmoud
Struck by Ghazan

Reverse

Shahadah, name of Allah at top, with mint name about 'Muhammad', date spelled in letters in the circle around

Lettering:
الله
لا اله الا
ضرب في تبريز
محمد
رسول الله

Translation:
There is no god but God
Minted in Tabriz
Muhammad is the Messenger of God

Mints

Akhaltsikhe, Georgia (1298-1302, 1311, 1316-1318, 1356-1374)
al-Mawsil, modern-day Mosul, Iraq
Gumush Bazar, modern-day Gümüşhacıköy, Turkey
Hillah, Iraq
Irbil, modern-day Erbil, Iraq
Kashan, Iran
Tebriz, modern-day Tabriz, Iran
Tiflis, modern-day Tbilisi, Georgia
Tokat, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
 ?  Akhalsikh 5%
698 (1299)  al-Mawsil 5%
699 (1300)  Tokat 30%
700 (1301)  al-Hilla 5%
700 (1301)  Tabriz 60%
701 (1302)  Irbil 10%

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