Unknown Possibly Islamic Coin That Needs Attribution.

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oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5241 Posts	Posted 07/09/2018 12:44 pm This weighs 5.9 grams and has a diameter of about 28 millimeters. Report this Post to the Staff

oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5241 Posts	Posted 09/02/2018 6:02 pm These coins were finally identified for me by a numismatic friend who knows Arabic. This one is Tanka of the Timurids and the obverse reads "Sultan Mahmud Khan -----Amir Timur Gurkani". The reverse has a mint he does not recognize. Sultan Mahmud Khan was a puppet of Tamerlane and "ruled" from 1384 to 1402 in the western Chugatai Khanate (Transoxiana). Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 09/02/2018 6:45 pm Yes, a tanka of Timur (aka Tamerlane, 1370-1405), citing his nominal Chaghatayid overlord Mahmud Khan. Album 2386. Timur had no legal claim to the title "khan" so he placed puppet khans on the Mongol throne, taking for himself the subordinate title "gurkhan". https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=46607 Edited by Kushanshah 09/02/2018 7:26 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 09/02/2018 7:52 pm The mint name on your coin is Isfahan. At one point, Timur completely destroyed Isfahan, massacring perhaps 100,000 residents, mounding their decapitated heads into dozens of great gruesome pyramids as warning to other cities. Fun guy! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege...fahan_(1387) Edited by Kushanshah 09/02/2018 8:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 09/03/2018 07:43 am Nice to see another Tamerlane coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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