Tanka - Sultan Husayn Abu’l-Ghazi - 3rd reign - Post-Reform Type Herat mint

Issuer Timurid Empire
Year 1490-1506
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Tanka
Currency Tanka (1370-1507)
Composition Silver
Weight 4.78 g
Diameter
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) A#2432.3
Obverse description Kalima with names and epithets of the four Rashidun Caliphs in the four surrounding panels
Obverse script Arabic
Obverse lettering
(Translation: lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the apostle of Allah)
Reverse description
Reverse script Arabic
Reverse lettering السلطان الأعظم أبو الغازي حسين السلطان بهادر خلادة الله تعالى ملكه وسلطانه به بود هرات
(Translation: `al-sulṭān al-aʿẓam Abuʾl-ghāzī Ḥusayn sulṭān bahādur khallada Allāh taʿālā mulkahū wa sulṭānahū beh būd-e Harāt The supreme sultan Abuʾl-Ghazi Husayn Sultan Bahadur. May Allah, the Exalted, perpetuate his kingdom and sovereignty Prosperity of Herat)
Edge
Mint
Mintage 895 (1490) - -
ND (1490-1506) - -
896 (1491) - -
899 (1494) - -
899 (1494) - -
900 (1495) - -
906 (1501) - -
Numisquare ID 3615303650
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