Selection from my latest acquisitions

I have become a member long time ago but didn't give enough attention to this forum. I hope this year it will be changed

I am a collector of Ilkhan (Mongols of Persia) coins. I would like to present few examples from my latest acquisitions. (I looked for a medieval coins category but failed. Then I saw medieval coins in this category, so please feel free to move to a proper category if needed)

Ilkhans, Uljaytu, AR 2 Dirham, (Sawah), 7(09) AH. RRR

Diler in his book of Ilkhans does mention this variant with a dolphin on the footnote 2096 in an undisclosed private collection. This is the second example known so far.


Ilkhans, Suleyman, AR 2 Dirham, Fuman, 744 AH. RRR

This is the only known example of Ilkhans coins minted in Fuman. There were examples from Fuman mint for Abbasids, Aqqoyun and Qaraqoyun but not for Ilkhans so far. Thus, this coins extends the Fuman mint activity over 250 years.


Ilkhans, Sulayman, AR 2 Dirham, Gulistawan, 744 AH. RR

For the mint of Gulistawan, this dirham is particularly interesting as the mint name is written with ق instead of گ

 

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Those are beautiful. I look forward to more of your posts and to learning more about Persian coins.

 

Thanks! I am trying to slowly build my collection. I was collecting Anatolian coins in the beginning and then decided to focus on what I like most. Oh by the way technically they are not Persian but Mongols. Upon the order of great khan, Hulagu came to west and invaded the area of todays Iran.

 

Those are some very attractive coins @altaycoins I especially like the 2 Dirham from Gulistawan. I would love to see more of your coins from the Ilkhanate.

 

Welcome, @altaycoins, or welcome back

 

These are very interesting medieval coins in excellent condition. I hope to see more of this.

 

Awesome coins! Thanks for sharing - I need to get some Mongol coins myself...

 

Very nice coins. This is the closest I have to Mongol coins.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol).Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane).AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR Tanka (28mm, 5.81 g, 10h). Citing Chagatai khan Mahmud. Bidlis mint. Undated, circa AH 795-807 / AD 1393-1405. Central Kufic legend:la ilah illa Allah,|Muhammad|[rasuluallah](There is no deity except God, | Muhammad | [is the messenger of God]); between the lines, Naskh legend:dariba|Bidlis(struck [at] | Bidlis); marginal Naskh legend, counterclockwise from top:Abu Bakr|['Umar]|['Uthman]|'Ali/ Naskh legend:al-sultan|Mahmud Khan,|amir (three annulets) Timur|Kurkan khallada|Allah mulkahu(Sultan | Mahmud Khan | amir (three annulets) Timur | Kurkan may God perpetuate his reign). SICA 9, –; Album 2386; Zeno 40460 (this coin). VF, toned, flat strike. Very rare.
From the BRN Collection.
For the beginning of date of this issue at Bidlis, see Diler, Mints, p. 256, n. 4343.

EX: CNG 409, Lot: 851 November 8, 2107.

 

Absolutely spectacular coins, @altaycoins!! You are definitely in the right place and will find much appreciation for your future posts, which I greatly look forward to!

I only have one coin from the Ilkhanate, but I would like to get more. In my opinion they struck some of the most beautiful Islamic types.

Arghun (1284-1291), dirham, Tabriz AH687 (1288-89), Album 1246.

 

Thank you all! I will try to create weekly themes out of Ilkhan coinage. Hope you will enjoy it!

This is a great piece with a rare mint in today's southeastern Turkey.

I absolutely agree. Also with the huge amount of mints (more than 300) it gives a vast area to enjoy collecting!

 

Nice to see a specialist in this category on board. (I focus a bit more eastern and earlier).
To add some variety: Here a Abu Said (716-736AH/1316-1335AD) fals from Arzinjan (AE 18 mm, 1.64 gr, Diler 2006, Ab-662):

 

That is a very nice and rare coin that I am still after

 

As said, i don't focus on these. I just picked it from the bargain bin at a coin show here in the Netherlands. Had fun attributing it. If you send me a Private Message with your address i will send it to you.
Here's another Abu Sa'id, TypeF (Square/Circle cartouche) Akhlat mint.

 

That's a great idea. Like THCoins, I'm collecting medieval islamic coins, a bit earlier, and from a further to the east: Central Asia. But I stretched my area out until 1350 AD to encompass the early Ilkhans, because these coins can be so beautiful and diverse. Here are two of my latest, pictured together. Common types, I believe, but nice enough.
Left a double dirham of reigning queen Sati Beg (1338-1339). 18 mm, 1.12 gr.
To the right, another double dirham, of Sulayman Khan (1339-1345 / 739-746). 17 mm, 1.35 gr.

 

I am gonna toss out the Guy who started it all:


Mongols-Ghazna
mint Khwarezm
Genghis Khan 1206-1227 CE
AE Jital
Islamic RARE - only "The Just Kahn" in title
Album 1969 Tye 329