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A silver double dirham of the mongol Mahmud Ghazan Coin Type: Silver post reform double dirham of the Mongol Mahmud Ghazan, 1295-1304 CE
Mint and Date: Sinjar, 701 AH (c. 1301 CE)
Size and Weight: 25mm x 26mm, 4.27g
Obverse: "Ghazan Mahmud" in the centre of Arabic script.
Reverse: "Ghazan Mahmud" in Arabic, in the centre of Mongolian Uighur and Chinese Pagspa script.
Provenance: Sphinx Numismatics (Vcoins), February 2008
Ref: Album Type 2172; Diller 281
BW Ref: 001 036 122
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Note: Mahmud Ghazan was a remarkable individual. See his Wikipedia page here.

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