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6 Dirhams - Togha Temur Type KB

6 Dirhams - Togha Temur (Type KB) - obverse6 Dirhams - Togha Temur (Type KB) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Ilkhanates of Western Khorasan
Khan Togha Temür (1336-1353)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 739 (1338)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 6 Dirhams (4.2)
Currency Dinar (1256-1388)
Composition Silver
Weight 6.2 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 1.8 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
399437
References Album Islamic# 2241
Stephen Album; 2011. A Checklist of Islamic Coins (3rd Edition). Self-published, Santa Rosa, California, United States.
, Diler# T-732
Ömer Diler; 2006. Ilkhans: Coinage of the Persian Mongols. Self-published, Istanbul, Turkey.
, ICV I# 2165var
Tim Wilkes; 2015. Islamic Coins & Their Values / Volume 1. The Mediaeval Period. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Kalima in three lines, surrounded by the names of the four Rashidun Caliphs (read clockwise).

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
Field: ﻻ ﺍﻟﻪ ﺍﻻ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ / ﻣﺤﻤﺪ / ﺭﺳﻮﻝ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ
Margin: إبو بكر / عمر / عثمان / علي

Translation:
Field: lā ilāh illā Allāh / Muhammad / rasūl Allāh
Margin: Abū Bakr / 'Umar / 'Uthmān / 'Alī

Field: There is no God but God / Muhammad / is the messenger of God
Margin: Abu Bakr / Umar / Uthman / Ali

Reverse

Togha Temur and titulature within a rounded hexafoil; circles inscribed at each point, date and mint between.

Scripts: Arabic, Old Uyghur

Lettering:
Field: خلد الله ملكه / ᠲᠤᠭᠨᠲᠡᠮᠤᠷ/ السلطان العالم
Margin: ضرب / جرجان / فى سنه / تسع و / ثلاثين / سبعمائه

Translation:
Field: al-sultān al-'ālim / Taghay Temur han / khallada Allāh mulkahu
Margin: ‍Zarb [mint] sana fītis' thalathīn sab'ami'a

Field: Sultan of the World / Taghay Temur Khan(in old Uighur or Mongolian Script) / May God perpetuate his rule
Margin: Struck in [mint], seven hundred and thirty-nine years

Edge

Plain

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
739 (1338)  Jurjan Mint

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