Coin: Mongol Empire, Georgia, silver double dirhem struck during the reign of Ilkhan Abu Sa'id Bahadur

Coin struck during the reign of Ilkhãn Abu Sa‘id Bahadur, 1316–1335
Silver double dirhem, c. 1322–1323 (722 and 723 AH)
Mint: probably al-Mawsil (Mosul), Diar Rabi’a, in modern northern Iraq, or Shustar in modern southwestern Iran
Yale Collection.

Obverse: Inscription within pentagon, with date formula in circular margin: translated as “Struck in the days of the rule of the Sultan most mighty, Abu Sa’id Bahadur Khan, May Allah perpetuate his reign” (Arabic language).
 
Reverse: Inscription within a circle: a Muslim kalima with the words “struck at” and either “al-Mawsil” or “Shustar” located between the lines and the names of the Four Rightly-Guided Caliphs inscribed around it, the kalima being the shahada, or testimony of faith: La ilaha illa ‘llah, Muhammad, Rasul ‘llah, translated as “There is no god but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God” (Arabic language).

David M. Lang: Studies in the numismatic history of Georgia in Transcaucasia. (Numismatic Notes and Monographs, No. 130.) x, 138 pp. XV plates, maps. New York, American Numismatic Society, 1955, p. 63, Plate VII, 9.