Islamic coin – HCR16284

Obverse

Inscription:

عدل / رستم / سلطان / ٨٩٩ كرمان

Design:

countermark within an octolobe on largely obliterated host

Reverse

Inscription:

عدل سلطان ابو سعيد گوركان

Design:

two earlier countermarks, one within a quatrelobe and one within a vesica

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

Āq Quyūnlū

Reign

Rustam

Person

Abū Sa‘īd, 1316 - 1336 (ruler/authority) , Rustam, 1491 - 1497 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Kirmān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denomination

Tanka

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

899 AH (=AD 1493-1494)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

5.29

Axis

Diameter (mm)

24.7

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

21/7/1976

Source

M. Z. Sethi

Acquisition credit

Purchased, 1976.

Acquisition note

Karachi

Translation (obverse)

true, Sultan Rustam, 899, Kirmān

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

true, Sultan Abū Sa‘īd `Gurkan

Countermark (reverse)

به بود

Translation (reverse)

good

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Reference

SICA 9 : 1261

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson, cgallacher