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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 3054533, member: 74968&quot;]Very nice coins. This is the closest I have to Mongol coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol).<i>Timurids</i>. Timur (Tamerlane).</b>AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AR Tanka (28mm, 5.81 g, 10h). Citing Chagatai khan Mahmud. Bidlis mint. Undated, circa AH 795-807 / AD 1393-1405. Central Kufic legend:<i>la ilah illa Allah,</i>|<i>Muhammad</i>|<i>[rasuluallah]</i>(There is no deity except God, | Muhammad | [is the messenger of God]); between the lines, Naskh legend:<i>dariba</i>|<i>Bidlis</i>(struck [at] | Bidlis); marginal Naskh legend, counterclockwise from top:<i>Abu Bakr</i>|<i>[&#039;Umar]</i>|<i>[&#039;Uthman]</i>|<i>&#039;Ali</i>/ Naskh legend:<i>al-sultan</i>|<i>Mahmud Khan,</i>|<i>amir (three annulets) Timur</i>|<i>Kurkan khallada</i>|<i>Allah mulkahu</i>(Sultan | Mahmud Khan | amir (three annulets) Timur | Kurkan may God perpetuate his reign). SICA 9, –; Album 2386; Zeno 40460 (<i><b>this coin</b></i>). VF, toned, flat strike. <b>Very rare.</b></p><p><i>From the BRN Collection.</i></p><p>For the beginning of date of this issue at Bidlis, see Diler, Mints, p. 256, n. 4343.</p><p><br /></p><p>EX: CNG 409, Lot: 851 November 8, 2107.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]764993[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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