EARLY MEDIEVAL & ISLAMIC. Ilkhanid. Abu Sa'id. A.H. 732 (A.D. 1331/2). Gold Dinar (6.67g). Sabzawar mint. Album 2212; Diler 525. aVF. This dinar was struck at Sabzawar in Khurasan under Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, only a few years before the Ilkhanate unravelled in A.H. 736. With its classic Ilkhanid layout of bold central inscription framed by margin legends, it captures the final phase of a fading dynasty, when authority still spoke clearly through the coinage even as the state itself was nearing collapse. From the Crescent Collection; acquired from Morton & Eden Ltd., London.

Estimate: AUD 1500