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6 Dirhams - 'Ilkhan' Taghay Timur Tustar mint
| Issuer | Ilkhanate of Western Khorasan |
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| Year | 1337-1353 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing the ruler's name and title of Ilkhan inscribed in multiple horizontal lines in Arabic/Persian script within a rectangular cartouche. The mint name Tustar appears below the central inscription, while the AH date is disposed around the margin in the outer legend. The overall layout follows the characteristic horizontal-banded Ilkhanid design, with stylized calligraphy executed in a bold, angular hand typical of hammered silver coinage of the mid-14th century. |
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| Reverse description | Central field contains the Shahada (Kalima), the Islamic profession of faith, arranged in horizontal lines within a rectangular cartouche, a standard feature of Ilkhanid coinage affirming Sunni orthodoxy. The names of the four Rightly Guided Caliphs — Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali — are distributed around the central inscription in the marginal legend, encircling the field. The calligraphy is executed in a bold naskh-influenced style characteristic of Persian mint production of the 8th century AH, with the legends partially visible on this irregularly shaped flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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