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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.83g), Qayin, DM. VF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Islamic Coins - Mongol Dynasties Start Price:3,250.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD
GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.83g), Qayin, DM. VF
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This item SOLD at 2018 Sep 13 @ 17:04UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.83g), Qayin, DM, A-1964, obverse center: al-khaqan / al-a'zam / chingiz khan, floral ornament above & below, with marginal text duriba bi-qâyin fi sana …. // kalima, similar floral ornaments as on the obverse, unread marginal text (mostly off flan), unpublished and unique, VF, RRRR. The small town of Qayin (modern Ghayen) is located in Quhistan province, an arid region with small mountains, along the main highway from the town of Gonabad to Birjand. In the early thirteenth Century AD when Mongol and Khwarizmshah conflict was ignited, the region lay within the realm of Khwarzmshah. Mongol onslaught was initially directed against major population Khwarizmian centers, like Samarqand, Bukhara, Merv, etc., but as the Khwarizmian resistance melted, the Mongol armies mopped up the entire region. One of the several branches of the Mongol army marched south to Nimruz (Sistan province), either from Nishapur or Herat, passing well to the east of Qayen, that was located within the arid and otherwise desolate Quhistan region. Areas now comprising the western edge of modern day Afghanistan were invaded from the North-north West side, which was just to the east of Quhistan, where Qayen was located. Arrival of Mongol armies in the region, combined with the news about the most atrocious manner in which large cities were invaded and entire populations annihilated, had created a chilling effect. Peripheral towns and villages conceded without any resistance. Whoever was in charge at Qayen must have chosen to strike its coins in the name of Chingiz Khan, in effect, a statement of confession, an attempt at appeasing the "World Conqueror" under the hope that Mongol army would not invade and devastate the city of Qayen, a wise move, which indeed ultimately saved the city from absolute destruction.