409, Lot: 845. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. 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 Tanka (25mm, 5.65 g, 2h). Citing Chagatai khan Mahmud. Arzinjan (Erzincan) mint. Undated, circa AH 795-807 / AD 1393-1405. 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 |
'Umar |
['Uthman] |
['Ali] / Naskh legend:
... |
Mahmud Khan |
amir (3 annulets) Timur |
Kurkan khallada Allah |
mulkahu duriba |
Arzinjan (... | Mahmud Khan | amir (3 annulets) Timur | Kurkan may God perpetuate | his reign. Struck [at] | Arzinjan). Cf. SICA 9, 122–3 (2 dinars); Album 2386; Zeno 94520. Good VF, toned, a little off center. Rare.
From the BRN Collection.