409, Lot: 876. 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 (19mm, 1.44 g, 9h). Citing Chagatai khan Suyurghatmish. Shiraz mint. Undated, circa AH 785-790 / AD 1383-1388. 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] / Central Naskh legend:
duriba |
Shiraz (Struck at | Shiraz); marginal Naskh legend, counterclockwise from upper right:
[al-sultan al]-'adil Suyurghatmish khan yarlighi, khallada Allah mulkahu, amir Timur Kurkan [uge manu] ([The] just [sultan] Suyurghatmish Khan by the order (of), may God perpetuate his reign, amir Timur Kurkan, [my word]). SICA 9, -; Album 2367.1; Zeno 12513. Near EF, toned, usual flat spots. Exceptional for issue.
From the BRN Collection.