ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Sultan Husayn, third reign, AH 873-911 / AD 1469-1506. Tanka (Silver, 28 mm, 4.75 g), post-reform type, Herat, date off flan. In the central field, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); the names and epithetsn of the four Rashidun Caliphs in the four surrounding panels. Rev. Within a central eye-shaped cartouche, ‘beh būd-e Harāt’ (‘Prosperity of Herat’ in Persian); around, ‘al-sulṭān al-aʿẓam Abuʾl-ghāzī Ḥusayn sulṭān bahādur khallada Allāh taʿālā mulkahū wa sulṭānahū …’ (‘The supreme sultan Abuʾl-Ghazi Husayn Sultan Bahadur. May Allah, the Exalted, perpetuate his kingdom and sovereignty …’ in Arabic). Album 2432.3. Struck slightly off center and with areas of weakness, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.


‘Beh būd’ (‘Prosperity’ in Persian) was the epithet for the currency of Sultan Husayn.