409, Lot: 843. Estimate $100.
Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR Miri (16mm, 0.96 g, 8h). Citing Chagatai khan Mahmud. Amul (Amol) mint. Undated, circa AH 790-807 / AD 1388-1405. 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 |
Amul (Struck at | Amul); marginal Naskh legend, counterclockwise from top:
[...] Khan Mahmud al-amir al-a'zam Timur [....] ([...] Mahmud Khan. The supreme amir, Timur [....]). SICA 9, –; Album 2383; Zeno 46071 (
this coin. VF, toned, flat strike. Very rare.
From the BRN Collection.
