Specimen record
tim-015
Tim-015 Timurid Dynasty, Sultan Husayn Bayqara (AH 862-864 / AD 1459-1460; AH 865-868 / AD 1461-1464; AH 873-911 / AD 1469-1506). Silver tanka (5.00 gm, 16.25 mm), countermarked type (circa AH 873-895). Album 2437. Host Coin: Aq Qoyunlu Dynasty, Uzun Hasan (AH 857-882 / AD 1453-1478), Amul. Album 2512. Zeno 68840 (AH 872-882).
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tim-015
House record
This specimen
- Inventory no.
- tim-015
- Weight
- 5.00 g
- Diameter
- 16.25 mm
Type (catalogue)
- Dynasty
- Timurid Dynasty
- Ruler
- Husayn Bayqara
- Reign
- AD 1459–1460, 1461–1464, 1469–1506
- Metal
- Silver
- Denomination
- Tanka
- Type
- Countermarked coin (c. AH 873–895)
- Mint
- Amul
- References
- Album 2437, Album 2512, Zeno 68840
- Host coin
- Aq Qoyunlu, Uzun Hasan (AD 1453–1478)
Obverse
Within a square, ‘lā ilāha [illā] / Allāh Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); around, the names and titles of the four Rashidun caliphs, ‘[Abūbakr al-ṣiddīq / ʿUmar al-fārūq] / ʿUthmān dhī al-nū[rayn / ʿAlī al-murtaḍā]’ (‘Abubakr the truthful, ʿUmar the distinguisher [between right and wrong], ʿUthman the possessor of two lights, ʿAli the one with whom Allah is pleased’ in Arabic).
Reverse
Within a hexagon, ‘ḍarb Āmul’ (‘Struck in Amul’ in Arabic); around, ‘al-sulṭān al-aʿẓam Abu’l-Naṣr Ḥasan bahādur khallada Allāh mulkahū wa sulṭānahū’ (‘The supreme Sultan, Abu’l-Nasr Hasan Bahadur. May Allah perpetuate his kingdom and sovereignty’ in Arabic); countermark, ‘beh/bud’ (‘prosperity’ in Persian).
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