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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.38g) (Bukh)ara, ND

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:950.00 USD Estimated At:1,250.00 - 1,500.00 USD
GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.38g) (Bukh)ara, ND
SOLD
5,800.00USD+ buyer's premium
This item SOLD at 2011 Apr 22 @ 16:36UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
Opening bids do not reflect absentee book bids that have been received.
GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.38g) (Bukh)ara, ND, A-1964, chingiz khan / al-'adil / al-a'zam in obverse field, lovely Very Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection, Busso Peus auction 378-379, August 2004, lot #1407, now Zeno-5001.

The following description appeared in the Peus sale: Only two types of gold dinars of Chingiz Khan are known on which his name can be read. The first from the mint of Ghazna and dated 618 H was found in about 100 specimen in an Afghan hoard of 1996, the second from Bukhara was represented in an Iranian hoard around 1970 with about five coins of the present type. It is now believed that the 1996 hoard contained 150-200 specimens of the Ghazna 618 type, all from the same pair of dies. Steve Album purchased a Bukhara example at the Los Angeles coin fair early 1970s, probably for about $50, which was likely not far below its retail value at the time. A third dinar type with his name has subsequently been discovered (the previous lot of Balkh mint).