Ottoman Sultan as Vassal of Timur
409, Lot: 852. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR Akçe (14mm, 0.90 g, 4h). With Mehmed I Çelebi, as Lord under Timur. Bursa mint. Dated AH 806 (AD 1403/4). Naskh legend:
la ilah illa Allah |
Muhammad rasuluallah |
[duriba] Bursa 806 (There is no deity except God | Mohammed is the Messenger of God | [struck] Bursa 806) / Naskh legend:
Timur han Kurkan |
[Mehmed] bin Bayezid han |
khallada mulkahu (Lord Timur Kurkan | Lord [Mehmed] bin Bayezid | May his kingdom flourish). Srećković 1; Sultan type 2, 306–10; Album 1294. VF, toned.
From the BRN Collection. Ex Maskukat Collection.