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Electronic Auction 409  8 Nov 2017
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Lot 873

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 (18mm, 1.41 g, 8h). Citing Chagatai khan Suyurghatmish. Shabankara mint. Dated AH 789 (AD 1387/8). 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 | Shabankara | 789 (Struck at | Shabankara | 789); marginal Naskh legend, counterclockwise from upper right: [al-sultan al-'adil Suyurghatmish khan] yarlighi, khallada Allah mulkahu, amir Timur [Kur]kan [uge manu] ([The just sultan Suyurghatmish Khan] by the order (of), may God perpetuate his reign, amir Timur [Kur]kan, [my word]). SICA 9, –; Album 2367; Zeno 132888. Near EF, toned, usual flat strike. Rare.

From the BRN Collection. Ex Album FPL 240 (January 2009), no. 73992.
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