SHAHS OF BADAKHSHAN: Bahramshah, 1360s-1374, AR 1/6 dinar (1.27g), Kishm, AH772, A-2017, with the title sultan muazzam, mint at the bottom of the obverse, date in numerals to the left, standard kalima filling the reverse, VF, RRR. This and Lot #2354 2nd and 3rd confirmed Islamic coins form the mint of Kishm. The other piece was a gold dinar of the Khwarizmshah ruler Ala al-Din Muhammad, sold in our Auction 39, Lot 524. Kishm is a city in the northeastern Afghan province of Badakhshan, not to be confused with Kish in Central Asia (now in Uzbekistan).
