409, Lot: 865. Estimate $50. Sold for $30. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR 2 Dinars (17mm, 1.35 g, 11h). Citing Chagatai khan Suyurghatmish. Qumm (Qom) mint. Undated, circa AH 785-790 / AD 1383-1388. Within hexafoil, Kufic legend: la [ilah illa] | Allah, Muhammad | rasuluallah (There is [no deity except] | God, Muhammad | is the messenger of God); marginal Naskh legend, counterclockwise from top: [Abu Bakr] | ['Umar] | 'Uthman | 'Ali / Central Naskh legend: dariba | Qumm (struck at | Qumm); around, Naskh legend, counterclockwise from top: [al-su]ltan [al]-a'zam Suyurghatmish khan amir Timur [....] (The just [sul]tan Suyurghatmish Khan, amir Timur [....]). SICA 9, –; Album 2367; Zeno –. VF, toned, off center. Rare.

From the BRN Collection.