409, Lot: 855. Estimate $50. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR Tanka (25mm, 4.79 g, 1h). Citing Chagatai khan Mahmud. Herat mint(?). Undated, circa AH 792-807 / AD 1390-1405. 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 / Within polylobe, Naskh legend: al-sultan al-a'zam | Mahmud Khan, amir | Timur Kurkan (The supreme sultan | Mahmud Khan, amir | Timur Kurkan); uncertain legend or ornaments in margin. SICA 9, –; Album 2386; Zeno 53337. VF, toned. Very rare, and better than the two examples on Zeno.

From the BRN Collection.