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1/4 Tanka - 'Miri' - Timur Samarqand mint
| Issuer | Timurid Empire |
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| Year | 1389 |
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| Currency | Tanka (1370-1507) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | لا الہ الا اللہ محمد رسول اللہ سمرقند ۷۹۱ (Translation: Naskh legend, with date and mint | Samrkand 791; Naskh legend: la ilah illa Allah |Muhammad rasuluallah (There is no deity except God | Muhammad is the messenger of God); inside a dotted square.) |
| Reverse description | Central field bears a multi-line Naskh legend in three registers identifying the two rulers: '[al-]Sultan Mahmud Khan' in the upper lines and 'Amir Timur Kurkan' in the lower lines. The bold Arabic script fills the entire field, framed by a simple linear or geometric border characteristic of Timurid miri coinage. The irregular hammered flan shows the typical characteristics of late 14th-century Central Asian silver production. |
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