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QARA-KHITAY (Western Liao): temp. Yelü Dashi, 1124-1143, AE fals (2.56g), NM, ND, choice VF

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QARA-KHITAY (Western Liao): temp. Yelü Dashi, 1124-1143, AE fals (2.56g), NM, ND, choice VF
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425.00USD+ buyer's premium (85.00)
This item SOLD at 2025 May 15 @ 14:12UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
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QARA-KHITAY (Western Liao): temp. Yelü Dashi, 1124-1143, AE fals (2.56g), NM, ND, A-3491, Sunni kalima divided between obverse & reverse, with the name Sa'd above reverse, possibly Muslim name of Yelü Dashi; also citing the caliph al-Muqtafi (AH530-555); lovely example, perhaps the nicest we have seen, choice VF Yelü Dashi was the first of the Western Liao dynasty of China, known as the Qara-Khitay ("black cathay"), original nomadic tribes from northern China, eventually settled as a kingdom in the region around Bishkek of Kyrgyzstan, near which this type was struck (usually found at the nearby cite of Krasnaya Rechka).