Owner Comments:
Kakwayhid. Faramurz (AH 433-443 / AD 1041-1051) gold Dinar AH 435 (AD 1043/4)
According to the auctioneer: "Gem UNC, Isfahan mint, A-1592.2, ICV-1656. 28mm. 3.72gm. Citing the Seljuq Tughril Beg as overlord. Absolutely phenomenal condition for the issue, the central devices razor-sharp with just a bit of slight doubling to the peripheral script, no bent to the flan whatsoever, and fields completely choked with die polish lines." It came out MS63 at NGC.
I have read that "these are almost all from the same hoard of c.3,000 pieces from very few dies found in the 1960's, which must have been a wonderful sight to see in one place."
Obv: لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له السلطان المعظم طغرل بك ⫯ ∩ (There is no deity except (the one) God alone. He has no equal; Sultan Tughril Beg)
Obv Inner Margin: بسم الله ضرب هذا الدينار أصفهان سنة خمس وثلثين واربع مائة (In the name of God, this dinar was struck at Isbahan in year 35 and four hundred)
Obv Outer Margin: لله الأمر من قبل ومن بعد ويومئذ يفرح المؤمنون بنصر الله (To God belongs the order before and after; and in that day the believers shall rejoice in the help of God) Rev: شمس محمد رسول الله القـائم بامـر الله الامـير فرامرز (shams, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, al-Qa'im bi-amri 'llah, Prince Faramurz)
Rev Margin: محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون (Muhammad is the messenger of God. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it)