409, Lot: 883. 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 (18mm, 1.44 g, 1h). Citing Chagatai khan Mahmud. Yazd mint. Undated, 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:
[...] [Ma]hmud khan [...] |
[...]Timur Kur[kan] |
Yazd ([...] [Ma]hmud Khan [...] | [...]Timur Kur[kan] | Yazd). SICA 9, –; Album 2371; Zeno 133031. VF, toned, typical crude strike. Rare.
From the BRN Collection. Ex Album FPL 240 (January 2009), no. 74004.
