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GREAT MONGOLS: Mongke, 1251-1260, AV broad dinar (3.26g), Sarakhs, ND

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:800.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,250.00 USD
GREAT MONGOLS: Mongke, 1251-1260, AV broad dinar (3.26g), Sarakhs, ND
SOLD
900.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2011 Apr 22 @ 17:27UTC-7 : PDT/MST
Opening bids do not reflect absentee book bids that have been received.
GREAT MONGOLS: Möngke, 1251-1260, AV broad dinar (3.26g), Sarakhs, ND, A-V1977, obverse text mongku qan / al-'adil / al-a'zam, mint in right field of reverse, beside the kalima, die break, very crude Very Fine to Extremely Fine, RRR, ex. Tony Ettinger collection. This is the first example of Sarakhs I have encountered, and none seems to have been published. Not very pretty but possibly unique. Sarakhs is located in northeastern Iran, close to the borders of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.