409, Lot: 879. Estimate $50.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR 2 Dinars (14mm, 0.79 g, 4h). Citing Chagatai khan Mahmud. Tabriz mint. Struck 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] |
'Umar |
'Uthman |
['Ali] / Within polylobe, Naskh legend:
al-sultan Mahmud Khan |
[amir] kan |
Timur Kur- |
Tabriz (Sultan Mahmud Khan | [amir] kan \ Timur Kur- | Tabriz); uncertain legend or ornaments in margin. SICA 9, –; Album 2379; Zeno 123404. Good VF, toned, usual crude strike. Rare.
From the BRN Collection.
