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Electronic Auction 409  8 Nov 2017
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Lot 857

Estimate: 50 USD
Price realized: 30 USD
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR 2 Dinars or Quarter Tanka (21mm, 1.40 g, 6h). Citing Chagatai khan Mahmud. Isfahan mint. Undated, circa AH 790-807 / AD 1388-1405. Within quadrilobe(?), Kufic legend: la ilah illa | [Allah], Muhammad | [rasul]uallah (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: dariba | Isfahan (struck at | Isfahan); around, Naskh legend, counterclockwise from top: [... al-a]'zam [Mah]mud [...] yarlighi [...] Timur [....] ([... The] just [Mah]mud [...] by order of [...] Timur [....]). SICA 9, –; Album A2378; Zeno 92962. Near VF, toned, crude strike. Very rare.

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