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ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR 2 Dinars (21mm, 1.40 g, 4h). Aydhaj (Izeh) mint. 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 / Central Naskh legend: Aydhaj; obscured marginal Naskh legend. SICA 9, –; Album 2367 or 2378; Zeno –. VF, toned, crude strike. Very rare.
From the BRN Collection. Ex Album FPL 232 (March 2008), no. 62391.
Timur conducted two campaigns into the vicinity of Aydhaj, in the late 1380s and the mid 1390s.
From the BRN Collection. Ex Album FPL 232 (March 2008), no. 62391.
Timur conducted two campaigns into the vicinity of Aydhaj, in the late 1380s and the mid 1390s.