409, Lot: 866. Estimate $50. Sold for $30. 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 2 Dinars (17mm, 1.44 g, 8h). Citing Chagatai khan Suyurghatmish. Qumm (Qom) mint. Undated, circa AH 785-790 / AD 1383-1388. Within hexafoil, 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:
dariba |
Qumm (struck at | Qumm); around, Naskh legend, counterclockwise from top:
[al-sultan] al-a'zam Suyurghatmish khan [...Timur Kur]kan (The Just [Sultan} Suyurghatmish Khan [...Timur Kur]kan). SICA 9, –; Album 2367; Zeno –. VF, darkly toned, off center. Rare.
From the BRN Collection. Ex Album FPL 240 (January 2009), no. 809365.