409, Lot: 877. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR Tanka (26mm, 5.53 g, 9h). Citing Chagatai khan Mahmud. Shuster (Shushtar) mint. Undated, circa AH 795-807 / AD 1393-1405. Central Naskh legend: duriba | Shu- | ster (Struck in | Shu- | ster); around which, Kufic legend in spiral from lower right: 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] / Within octolobe, Naskh legend: al-sultan Mahmud Khan | amir Timur Kurkan | khallada Allah mulkahu (Sultan Mahmud Khan | Amir Timur Kurkan | may God perpetuate his reign); [date in margin?]. SICA 9, –; Album 2386; Zeno 40462 (this coin). VF, toned, usual flat spots. Rare.

From the BRN Collection.