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ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR Tanka (27mm, 6.03 g, 3h). Citing Chagatai khan Mahmud. Astarabad (Gorgan) mint. Undated, circa AH 795-807 / AD 1393-1405. Central Kufic legend, in spiral from lower right: la ilah illa | Allah, | Muhammad | rasulu- | -allah (There is no deity except | God, | Muhammad | is the messenger of | God); marginal Naskh legend, counterclockwise from left: Abu Bakr | ['Umar] | ['Uthman] | ['Ali] / Naskh legend: al-sultan Mahmud [Khan] | al-'adil amir Timur [Kurkan] | khallada Allah mu[lkahu] | Astarabad (al-sultan Mahmud [Khan] | the just amir Timur | Kurkan | may God perpetuate his reign | Astarabad). SICA 9, –; Album 2386; Zeno 166829. Good Fine. Very rare.
From the BRN Collection. Ex Album FPL 240 (January 2009), no. 74015.
Astarabad is modern Gorgan, captial of the Iranian province of Golestan, and Hyrcania of the ancient world. After Timur, Astarabad becomes a major mint for the dynasty, but coins of Astarabad are very rare under Timur.
From the BRN Collection. Ex Album FPL 240 (January 2009), no. 74015.
Astarabad is modern Gorgan, captial of the Iranian province of Golestan, and Hyrcania of the ancient world. After Timur, Astarabad becomes a major mint for the dynasty, but coins of Astarabad are very rare under Timur.