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Tanka - Burhan Sayyid Countermarked, Ruler at Bukhara
| Issuer | Shaybanid Local Issuers (Bukhara) |
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| Year | 1551-1557 |
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| Value | Tanka (1) |
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| Obverse description | Densely inscribed field bearing multi-line Arabic/Persian legends in nastaʿlīq script, filling the entire flan. A rectangular countermark applied in intaglio is prominently struck at centre, bearing the name or title of Burhan Sayyid, the local ruler at Bukhara. The surrounding field displays the original host coin's legends, partially obscured by the countermark's impression. The flan is irregular and slightly dished, consistent with hammered Central Asian silver coinage of the mid-sixteenth century. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a fully inscribed field in flowing nastaʿlīq script, with multi-line Persian and Arabic legends arranged concentrically and in the central field, typical of Shaybanid-era tanka coinage from Bukhara. The legends, referencing Islamic formulae and the ruler's titles, cover the entire surface of the flan without a defined border. The hammered flan shows irregular edges and surface granularity characteristic of sixteenth-century Central Asian silver issues. |
| Reverse script | Arabic/Persian (nastaliq) |
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