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Tanka - Shahrukh Mirza Countermarked type
| Issuer | Timurid Empire |
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| Year | 1405-1447 |
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| Currency | Tanka (1370-1507) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Heavily worn hammered silver surface bearing the remnants of a multi-line Arabic inscription distributed across the field in typical Timurid epigraphic style, with traces of the original legend visible near the margins. The strike is irregular and the flan uneven, consistent with hand-hammered production methods of the Timurid period. Significant wear and surface degradation obscure precise reading of the full legend. |
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Shahrukh, fourth son of Timur, ruled from Herat for over four decades and deliberately repositioned the Timurid court as a center of Persian literary and artistic culture — a marked departure from his father's military priorities. The countermark on this tanka reflects the administrative reality of his sprawling realm: coins struck under earlier or regional authority were validated for continued circulation rather than recalled and reminted, a practical accommodation to the difficulties of monetary control across Central Asia.