409, Lot: 882. Estimate $75. Sold for $50. 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, 6.01 g, 6h). Citing Chagatai khan Mahmud. Yazd mint. Dated AH 797 (AD 1395/6). Central Kufic legend: la ilah | illa Allah, | Muhammad | rasulu- | allah (There is no deity | except God, | Muhammad is the messenger | of God); marginal Naskh legend, clockwise from upper right: Abu Bakr | 'Umar | 'Uthman | 'Ali / Central Naskh legend: duriba | 797 | Yazd (Struck at | 797 | Yazd); marginal Naskh legend, clockwise from upper right: al-sultan al-a'zam Mahmud khan al-amir al-a'zam Timur Kurkan (The supreme sultan, Mahmud Khan. The supreme amir, Timur Kurkan). SICA 9, -; COCBM 7, 28 var. (same obv. die; AH 798); Album 2386; Zeno 7329. VF, toned. Exceptional for issue, with minimal flat spots.

From the BRN Collection.