Islamic coin – HCR16239

Obverse

Inscription:

سلطان پير / بوطاق (كذا) خان / امير شاه يوسف / بهادر نويان / ضرب ارزمجان

Design:

blundered Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by compound hexafoil, a pointillate oval "countermark" (contents illegible) in the centre of the field, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles,

Reverse

Inscription:

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله

Design:

blundered Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by lobated square, four knots within lobe of square, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

Qarā Quyūnlū

Reign

Qarā Yūsuf

Person

Qarā Yūsuf, 1411 - 1420 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Arzinjān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denomination

one-third tanka

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

circa 814-821 AH (=AD 1411-1418)

Note

The 11 coins of this ruler in SICA 9 are all very barbarous issues, with highly blundered legends and typically illegible mint name. They are assigned to Arzinjān on the basis of their reverse type, which had come to characterize the mint (as well as Bāyburt) circa 760-820 AH.

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.37

Axis

Diameter (mm)

17.5

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)

Sulṭān Pīr Būdāq Khan, Amīr Shāh Yūsuf the Brave Nūyan?, struck (in) Arzinjān

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

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

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Die link (obverse)

SICa 9: 128

Reference

SICA 9 : 127

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson