ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR 2 Dinars (20mm, 1.34 g, 5h). Lar mint. Undated(?). 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: duriba | Lar (Struck at | Lar); illegible marginal legend. SICA 9, –; Album 2367; Zeno –. Good VF, toned, typical crude strike. Very rare.
From the BRN Collection. Ex Album FPL 240 (January 2009), no. 74005.