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ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR 2 Dinars (16mm, 1.07 g, 7h). Citing Chagatai khan Mahmud. Kushtaspi mint. Undated, circa AH 790-807 / AD 1388-1405. Within quadrilobe, 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 / Within hexafoil(?), Naskh legend: [dariba...] | al-sultan Mahmud [khan] | Timur Kurkan | Kushtaspi ([struck at...] | al-sultan Mahmud [Khan] | Timur Kurkan | Kushtaspi). SICA 9, –; Album 2379; Zeno –. VF, toned, crude strike. Very rare mint in Azerbaijan.
From the BRN Collection. Ex Album FPL 242 (March 2009), no. 63686.
From the BRN Collection. Ex Album FPL 242 (March 2009), no. 63686.