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ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR Miri (15mm, 1.46 g, 11h). Citing Chagatai khan Mahmud. Samarkand mint. Dated AH 801 (AD 1399/1400). Central Naskh legend, flanked by ornate pattern: sanat | 801 (year | 801); above and below, Naskh legend: la ilah illa Allah | Muhammad rasuluallah (There is no deity except God | Muhammad is the messenger of God); [the Rashidun in margins] / Central Naskh legend, flanked by ornate pattern: dariba | qand | Samar- (struck at | Samar- \ qand); above and below, Naskh legend: [al-]sultan Mahmud Khan | [amir] Timur Kurkan ([al-]sultan Mahmud Khan | Amir Timur Kurkan); ornaments in margins. Komaroff pl. 37, 3; SNA Tübingen 1056; SICA 9, –; Album 2381. Good VF, toned, deposits on obverse. Scarce.
From the BRN Collection.
This coin was struck at Timur's capital, Samarkand.
From the BRN Collection.
This coin was struck at Timur's capital, Samarkand.