Lot 1792
ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane), AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. Tanka (Silver, 26 mm, 6.17 g, 9 h), post-reform type. Within a square, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); the names of the four Rashidun Caliphs around. Rev. Citing the Chaghatayid overlord Mahmud (AH 792-803 / AD 1390-1401) and the Timurid heir Muhammad Sultan (death: Shaʿbān AH 805 = March 1403), ‘sulṭān Maḥmūd Khān / amīr Tīmūr Kūrkān / fī zamān / walī al-ʿaḥd / Muḥammad Sulṭān’ (‘Sultan Mahmud Khan. Amir Timur Gurkan. In the time of the heir Muhammad Sultan’ in Arabic); marginal legend off flan. Album 2387. Rare and lightly toned. Struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine.
Starting price:
25 CHF
Hammer price:
102 CHF
Bid increment:
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Closing time: 08-Sep-24, 16:29:00 CEST
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