409, Lot: 884. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. 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 Akçe (13mm, 0.89 g, 7h). Uncertain Isfendiyarid mint. Undated, circa AH 804-807 / AD 1402-1405. 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, counterclockwise from top:
Abu Bakr |
'Umar |
'Uthman |
'Ali] / Uncertain Naskh legend; three annulets in center. Album 2385; Zeno –. VF, toned, off center. Very rare.
From the BRN Collection. Ex Album FPL 231 (January 2008), no. 60452.