Great Mongols, temp. Ögedei 窩闊台, (624-639 AH / 1227-1241 AD). AR Dirham. Legends inscribed in the Persian
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Great Mongols, temp. Ögedei, (624-639 AH / 1227-1241 AD). AR Dirham
3.12gm, 13.6mm. No mint, date (Found in Herat).
ba-qowat-e aafaridegar-e 'alam, (بقوت آفريدگار عالم) "by the power of the Creator of the world"/ citing the caliph al Mustansir on the reverse.
Z-380947 (It's me there) / Album 1978K. About extremely fine, finding patina.
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Inscribed on the obverse in Persian, ba-qowat-e aafaridegar-e 'alam, (بقوت آفريدگار عالم) "by the power of the Creator of the world", and citing the caliph al-Mustansir (623-640) on the reverse. One of the earliest Islamic precious metal coins with legends inscribed in the Persian language.