409, Lot: 831. Estimate $50.
Sold for $30. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Mongols. Chaghatayid Khans. temp.
Esen Bugha. Circa AH 709-720 / AD 1309-1320. AR Dirham (20.5mm, 1.99 g, 2h). Tirmidh mint. ND. Kufic legend (partially blundered):
la ilah illa |
Allah Muhammad |
rasuluallah (There is no diety except | God, Muhammad | is the messenger of God) / Central Chaghatayid tamgha with pellets at sides; Kufic legend around, from above:
sikka Madinat ar-rijal Tirmidh (coin [of] Madinat ar-rijal Tirmidh). Nayamaa –; SNA Tübingen 1092–3; Album 1987; ICV 1977; Zeno 120057 (Du'a). VF, toned, usual flat strike. Rare.
From the BRN Collection.
