409, Lot: 867. Estimate $50. Sold for $40. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR Tanka (23mm, 5.74 g, 7h). Qumm (Qom) 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 al-Sadiq | 'Umar al-Faruq | 'Uthman al-'Affan | 'Ali al-Murtada (Abu Bakr, the faithful witness | 'Umar, the discriminator | 'Uthman, the chaste | 'Ali, the chosen)] / Central Naskh legend: duriba | Qumm ("Struck at | Qumm"); marginal Naskh legend, in four quadrilaterals, clockwise from the left: ... | ... al-a'zam | ... | ... khallada Allah mulkahu (... | ... the supreme | ... | ... may God perpetuate his reign). SICA 9, –; Album 2386; Zeno –. VF, toned, adjustment marks on reverse. Very rare type for mint.

From the BRN Collection.