Specimen record
tim-029
Tim-029 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 (4.71 gm, 26.75 mm), Astarabad, [AH 908 or 909 = 1502/3 or 1503/4]. Album 2434.2. Rare.
¥4,444
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tim-029
House record
![Tim-029 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 (4.71 gm, 26.75 mm), Astarabad, [AH 908 or 909 = 1502/3 or 1503/4]. Album 2434.2. Rare. — Obverse](https://images.silkroadnumis.jp/coins/tim-029/obverse.png?v=2026-09-26T04%3A56%3A41.550Z)
![Tim-029 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 (4.71 gm, 26.75 mm), Astarabad, [AH 908 or 909 = 1502/3 or 1503/4]. Album 2434.2. Rare. — Reverse](https://images.silkroadnumis.jp/coins/tim-029/reverse.png?v=2026-09-26T04%3A56%3A41.550Z)
This specimen
- Inventory no.
- tim-029
- Weight
- 4.71 g
- Diameter
- 26.75 mm
Type (catalogue)
- Dynasty
- Timurid Dynasty
- Ruler
- Husayn Bayqara
- Reign
- AD 1459–1460, 1461–1464, 1469–1506
- Metal
- Silver
- Denomination
- Tanka
- Mint
- Astarabad
- AH
- 908/9
- AD
- 1502–1504
- References
- Album 2434.2
Obverse
Shiʿa kalima around a central square, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh – [Muḥammad rasū]–l Allāh ʿAlī – walī Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. ʿAli is the friend of Allah’ in Arabic); citing the twelve Shiʿa imams within the central square in a mill-sail pattern, ‘Muhammad, Alī, Hasan – Husayn, Alī, Muhammad – Jaʾfar, Mūsā, Alī – Muhammad, Alī, Hasan’ (in Persian).
Reverse
Within a central eye-shaped cartouche, ‘beh / bud-e / Astarābād’ (‘Prosperity of Astarabad’ in Persian); around, ‘al-sulṭān al-aʿẓam / Abu’l-Ghāzī Sulṭān Ḥusayn / Bahādur khallada Allāh taʿālā mulkahū / [wa sulṭānahū …]’ (‘The supreme Sultan Abu’l-Ghazi Sultan Husayn Bahadur. May Allah, the Exalted, perpetuate his kingdom and sovereignty …’ in Arabic).
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