A Collection of Coins of Timur (Tamerlane)

409, Lot: 842. Estimate $50. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR 2 Dinars (20mm, 1.43 g, 3h). Citing Chagatai khan Suyurghatmish . Abarquh mint. Dated AH 789 (AD 1387/8). Central Kufic legend: [la ilah] illa | [Allah], Muhammad | [rasuluallah] ([There is no deity] except | [God], Muhammad | [is the messenger of God]); marginal Naskh legend, counterclockwise from top: [Abu Bakr] | 'Umar | ['Uthman] | ['Ali] / Central Naskh legend: duriba | Abarquh | 789 (Struck at | Abarquh | 789); marginal Naskh legend, counterclockwise from lower right: [Suyur]ghatmish [....] ([Suyur]ghatmish [....]). SICA 9, –; Album 2367; Zeno –. VF, toned, typical crude strike. Very rare.

From the BRN Collection. Ex Album FPL 234 (May 2008), no. 802909.