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Tanka - '3 Miri' - Husain Ibn Baiqara Countermarked type - Samarqand
| Issuer | Timurid Empire |
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| Year | 1469-1506 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | An irregular hammered silver flan bearing the official countermark 'beh bud seh miri' (meaning 'improved to three miris') struck within a recessed cartouche applied over an earlier tanka host coin. The countermark legend appears in Arabic Naskh script alongside the mint name Samarqand, partially overlying the original coin's legends and decorative field elements, which remain partially visible in the surrounding areas. The surface displays the characteristic uneven relief typical of hand-applied administrative countermarks of the Timurid period. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Husain Bayqara's long rule over Khorasan from Herat was the last genuine flowering of Timurid power — a court that patronized Jami, Bihzad, and Alisher Navoi while the dynasty's grip on Transoxiana steadily collapsed. The Samarqand countermark on this piece reflects that fragmentation directly: local monetary authority asserting control over coins struck elsewhere, a practice that multiplied as Timurid successor territories struggled to maintain coherent currency systems in the face of Uzbek pressure from the north.
The '3 Miri' designation indicates a fiscal valuation stamp rather than a denomination struck at issue — applied after the fact to fix exchange rates within a specific market or administrative zone.