Islamic coin – HCR15987

Obverse

Inscription:

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / شيراز / شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله / ملكه و سلطانه / سنة . . ٣(٨)

Design:

Arabic inscription in field with mint name between second and third line, enclosed by multilobe

Reverse

Inscription:

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in petals

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

Timūrids

Reign

Shāhrukh

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic)

Denomination

Tanka

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

83x (perhaps 834) AH (=AD 1430-1431)

Note

crude strike, digit of date possibly '4' but unclear

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

5.143

Axis

Diameter (mm)

22.3

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition collection reference

M. Thorburn

Acquisition date

1966

Source

M. Thorburn

Source of funds

Committee for Advanced Studies Fund

Acquisition credit

Purchased with the assistance of the Committee for Advanced Studies Fund, 1966.

Translation (obverse)

Struck, the supreme Sultan, Shāhrukh the Brave, may God perpetuate his sovereignty and his sultanate, (in) Shīrāz (in) the year 83x

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

there is no god but God, Muḥammad is the messenger of God

Secondary inscription (reverse)

ابو بكر / عمر / عثمان / علي

Translation (reverse)

Abū Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthmān, ‘Alī

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Acknowledgment

Reference

SICA 9 : 935

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson