Sale 10

Auction 10


Timurid
 
 
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Lot 955

Item 96018
TIMURID: Timur, 1370-1405, AR tanka (5.96g), Sabzawar, ND, A-2386, obverse legend arranged around ornate four-petal flower, superb strike, choice Very Fine, R.
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$85
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Lot 956

Item 825475
TIMURID: Timur, 1370-1405, AR 4 dinars (2.43g) (Jurjan), ND, A-2373, Extremely Fine, ex. Robert Grossman.
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Lot 957

Item 825489
TIMURID: Timur, 1370-1405, AR dirham (1.53g), NM, ND, A-2375, interesting type with distinctive design, probably struck at an undetermined mint in the Khwarizm region, Very Fine.
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Lot 958

Item 96166
TIMURID: Timur, 1388-1398, AR dirham (1.59g), Khwarizm, AH792, A-2381, some weakness, very rare mint, especially with clearly legible date, Fine to Very Fine, RR.
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Lot 959

Item 828878
TIMURID: Shahrukh, 1405-1447, AR tanka (5.09g), Sijistan, AH837, A-2405, lovely strike, choice Very Fine to Extremely Fine.

This is the only year during the Timurid period that the mint name was the provincial name Sijistan rather than the capital city name Nimruz, and this is a remarkably well struck example.
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Lot 960

Item 104894
TIMURID: Shahrukh, 1405-1447, AR tanka (5.04g), Tarum, AH848, A-2405, very rare mint in north central Iran, vf, Very Fine, RR.
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Lot 961

Item 104666
TIMURID: Qaidu b. Pir Muhammad b. Jahangir, 1406-1409, AR ¼ tanka (1.49g), Balkh, ND, A-2394, citing Shahrukh as overlord, typical blundered calligraphy always found on this type, Very Fine, RR.
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Lot 962

Item 104667
TIMURID: 'Ala al-Dawla, 1447, AR tanka (4.91g), Herat, AH851, A-2410, lovely strike, Very Fine, RR.
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Lot 963

Item 105148
TIMURID: Ulugh Beg I, 1447-1449, AR tanka (5.52g), Samarqand, AH852, A-2413.2, obverse inscriptions in Turkish, some weakness but still attractive, nice Very Fine, RR.
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Lot 964

Item 104668
TIMURID: Sultan Ibrahim, 1457, AR tanka (5.11g), Herat, AH861, A-2424, excellent strike for this type, Very Fine, RRR.
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Lot 965

Item 104903
TIMURID: Yadigar Muhammad, 1469-1470, AR tanka (4.94g), NM, ND, A-2430, countermark, in square, on tanka of Abu Sa'id, 2nd series, type #2416.2, Astarabad 870, Very Fine on vf, RR.
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Lot 966

Item 104895
TIMURID: Sultan Husayn, 1469-1506, AR tanka (4.69g), Khwarizm, ND, A-2432.3, very rare mint for the later Timurids, countermarks by Sultan Ahmad (type #2453), Extremely Fine, RRR.

Since the undertype of Sultan Husayn could not have been struck before AH896 and Ahmad died in AH899, the countermark must have been applied at some time between 896 and 899.
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Lot 967

Item 95413
TIMURID: Sulayman Mirza, 1529-1584, AV ¼ ashrafi (0.93g), [Badakhshan], DM, A-2464, Extremely Fine.
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Lot 968

Item 99694
TIMURID: Muhammad Humayun, 1530-1556, AR shahrukhi (3.71g), Qandahar, DM, A-E2464, citing the Safavid ruler Tahmasp II, some weakness as always, About Very Fine, RRR.

After loosing his power in India to Sher Shah, the sultan of Delhi, Humayun, himself a Sunni, sought military assistance from the Shi'ite Safavid ruler of Iran, Tahmasp II, in hopes of re-establishing his base in what is now Afghanistan and ultimately reconquering northern India. In exchange, he ordered that his own coinage also include the name of Tahmasp. This attempt lasted only a few months, in AH950-951.
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Lot 969

Item 104528
TIMURID/MUGHAL: Akbar, 1556-1605, AR tanka (4.43g), NM, ND, A-Q2464, countermarked on Shaybanid tanka of Iskandar, Samarqand, ND (type #2990), Very Fine, R.
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Lot 970

Item 95412
TIMURID: Shahrukh III, 1575-1579, AV ¼ ashrafi (0.93g), [Badakhshan], AH986, A-2466, very rare with legible date, Very Fine, RR.
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