ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Mongol). Sharaf Khans (?). Anonymous, early-mid AH 9th / AD 15th century. Fals (Bronze, 16 mm, 0.87 g, 2 h), Bidlis (Bitlis), undated. A heptagon within a circle; a star and an illegible legend inside. Rev. ‘ḍarb / Bidlīs’ (‘Struck in Bidlis’ in Arabic) in a heptagon within a circle. Album -. Cf. Album 2330-2334 (silver tanka). Apparently unpublished. Some deposits, otherwise, good fine.


Unlike the silver issues of the Sharaf Khans, this coin has a heptagon with curved lines within a circle on both sides. The standard design was, in fact, a hexagon with straight lines surrounded by floral designs, a design first introduced by Qara Yusuf of Qara Qoyunlu dynasty in AH 814 = 1411/2.