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ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane)(?). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR Tanka (24mm, 5.50 g, 6h). Citing Chagatai khan Mahmud. Sabzawar mint. Dated AH 801 (AD 1399/1400). Central Kufic legend: [la ilah] illa Allah, | Muhammad | [rasu]luallah ([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: sanat | duriba | Sabzawar | 801 (Year | Struck at | Sabzawar | 801); marginal Naskh legend, counterclockwise from upper right: [al-sultan al-a'zam Mahmud khan] al-amir al-a'zam Timur [Kurkan] ([The supreme sultan, Mahmud Khan.] The supreme amir, Timur [Kurkan]). SICA 9, –; SNA Tübingen 224 var. (same date, different obv. type); Album 2386; Zeno 40450 (this coin). Good VF, toned, partial flat strike.
From the BRN Collection.
Possibly and issue of Shahrukh, with the date 810 erroneously engraved as 801.
From the BRN Collection.
Possibly and issue of Shahrukh, with the date 810 erroneously engraved as 801.