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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2529555, member: 19463&quot;]I can not answer the question why I buy some things but occasionally my desire to generalize my collection.&nbsp; Sometimes this results in a coin I really had no idea I would be buying.&nbsp; In this case it is a 28mm, 5.77g silver Tankah by Shah Rukh 1405-1447 AD know to me previously as successor to the famous Timur the Lame (Tammerlane).[ATTACH=full]540454[/ATTACH]&nbsp; Not reading Arabic is a problem for me with coins like this so there is an excellent chance that I am showing one side of the coin wrong side up (please correct me so I can change it).&nbsp; I recognize the Kalima in square on what we are calling the obverse (but the fabric suggests to me that this was the upper die when struck).&nbsp; The other side came identified as giving the mint name Herat (Western Afghanistan) and date (AH816).&nbsp; I would appreciate a letter by letter translation of these legends.&nbsp; The coin could be better in terms of strike but this one has better detail overall than the others in the dealer&#039;s stock from which it came.&nbsp; I have not found a confirmation specimen so at present am relying on the seller&#039;s label.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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