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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 7772591, member: 99456&quot;]I could find it easy to keep adding to this thread....here a 16th century coin of <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Transoxiana_8th_century.svg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Transoxiana_8th_century.svg" rel="nofollow">Transoxiana</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The Shaybanids were an Uzbek dynasty based in Samarqand and Bukhara, deriving their name from a genealogical history purportedly tying them to the early Islamic Shaybanid Arabs. Their silver coinage closely followed Timurid prototypes, similar to tankas of Sultan Husayn and his immediate successors, and perpetuated the tanka denomination for another century...[SKIP]...The nadir of production quality was reached during the long reign of Iskandar, whose tankas are typically struck 50% flat or worse.&quot;</p><p>-S. Album (2011), <a href="https://db.stevealbum.com/php/albumcat.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://db.stevealbum.com/php/albumcat.php" rel="nofollow">Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Edition</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a coin from this nadir of production quality - a rare and surprisingly high quality coin (only ~33% flat).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1333028[/ATTACH]<b>Shaybanid, Iskandar Bahadur Khan</b>, 1561-1583 BCE, AR Tanka, Balkh mint, 26mm, 4.51g</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Kalima and names of Caliphs around</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Name of the ruler in ornamental cartouche, other titles (al-Malik al-Adilal-Khaqan) around, Khallada Allah… below with mint-name Balkh</p><p><b>Ref: </b><a href="https://db.stevealbum.com/php/albumcat.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://db.stevealbum.com/php/albumcat.php" rel="nofollow">Album 2990</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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