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2 Miri - Sultan Husayn Abu'l-Ghazi Astarabad
| Issuer | Timurid Empire (Mongol States) |
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| Year | 1500-1506 |
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| Value | ⅓ Tanka |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears a central cartouche of lobed or pointed-oval form enclosing the royal titulature in multiple lines of bold Arabic script, identifying the ruler as Sultan Husayn Abu'l-Ghazi. The surrounding field is filled with a continuous marginal legend in Arabic, including the mint name Astarabad, rendered in a vigorous Timurid hand characteristic of late-fifteenth-century eastern Islamic coinage. The legends are deeply struck in high relief against a flat, unornamented field. The flan is irregular in outline, typical of hammered silver coinage of the period. No figural imagery is present, the entire design being purely epigraphic in the established Timurid tradition. |
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| Obverse lettering | السلطان الاعظم / ابو الغازي / حسين / لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله ضرب استراباد |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a multi-line Arabic epigraphic legend filling the field without a central cartouche, arranged in horizontal registers across the coin's face. The legend reads the royal epithet 'Adl al-Sultan Husayn Bahadur, rendered in bold, deeply incised Arabic script in a style consistent with Timurid chancellery conventions of the early sixteenth century. The flan edges are ragged and slightly irregular, a natural consequence of the hand-hammered striking technique. The field is flat and undecorated, with no ornamental borders or devices, the entire composition devoted to the royal and honorific titulature. The silver surface displays a dark patina with areas of natural wear consistent with circulation use. |
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