409, Lot: 863. Estimate $125. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR Tanka (24mm, 5.73 g, 11h). Citing Chagatai khan Mahmud. Mardin mint. Undated, circa AH 795-807 / AD 1393-1405. Central Naskh legend: duriba | Mar- | din (Struck in | Mar- | din); around which, Kufic legend in spiral from upper right: la ilah illa | Allah | Muhammad rasul- | uallah (There is no deity except | God, | Muhammad is the messenger | of God); [names of the Rashidun in marginal Naskh legend] / Within octolobe, Naskh legend: al- | sultan Mahmud Khan | amir (three annulets) Timur | Kurkan | khallada [Allah mulkahu] (al-sultan Mahmud Khan | Amir (three annulets) Timur | Kurkan | may [God perpetuate his reign]). SICA 9, –; Album 2367; Zeno 40451 (this coin). VF, toned.

From the BRN Collection.