409, Lot: 872. 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 Miri (15mm, 1.46 g, 11h). Citing Chagatai khan Mahmud. Samarkand mint. Dated AH 801 (AD 1399/1400). Central Naskh legend, flanked by ornate pattern:
sanat |
801 (year | 801); above and below, Naskh legend:
la ilah illa Allah |
Muhammad rasuluallah (There is no deity except God | Muhammad is the messenger of God); [the Rashidun in margins] / Central Naskh legend, flanked by ornate pattern:
dariba |
qand |
Samar- (struck at | Samar- \ qand); above and below, Naskh legend:
[al-]sultan Mahmud Khan |
[amir] Timur Kurkan ([al-]sultan Mahmud Khan | Amir Timur Kurkan); ornaments in margins. Komaroff pl. 37, 3; SNA Tübingen 1056; SICA 9, –; Album 2381. Good VF, toned, deposits on obverse. Scarce.
From the BRN Collection.
This coin was struck at Timur's capital, Samarkand.