Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Abu Sa'id, AH 855-873 / AD 1451-1469. Tanka (Silver, 27 mm, 6.31 g), Samarqand. Countermark on the obverse: 'Shahrukh bahadur' within square. Rev. Countermark on the reverse: 'Adil Sultan Abu Sa'id Gurkan' ('the just Sultan Abu Sa'id Gurkan' in Arabic) within quatrefoil. Zeno-231253 (this coin). Cf. Album 2402.1 (for the countermark on the obverse) and 2417 (for the countermark on the reverse). Rare with both countermarks. Very fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Heritage Europe 64, 12 November 2019, 6121.

The host coin is a tanka from Samarqand struck under Muhammad Jahangir and Khalil-Sultan (Album 2391).