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Tanka - Timur with Mahmud Khan Type 3 - Damghan mint
| Issuer | Timurid Empire |
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| Year | 1395-1397 |
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| Currency | Tanka (1370-1507) |
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| Obverse description | Central circular cartouche enclosing the mint name and AH date in Arabic script, surrounded by a broad marginal field bearing a continuous Arabic legend in cursive Naskh script. The flan is irregularly struck, as typical of hammered Timurid silver coinage, with the inscription occupying nearly the full surface of the die. Linear border elements frame the central circle, with additional decorative motifs visible in the field between the circle and the marginal legend. |
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| Reverse description | The Shahada (Islamic declaration of faith) rendered in Kufic script, arranged within an octafoil geometric frame at the centre of the flan. The multi-line inscription reads across the field in bold, angular Kufic characters, with the lobed octafoil border providing a formal decorative structure. A marginal legend in cursive Arabic script encircles the central octafoil, separated by a linear border. The overall design is characteristic of Timurid religious coinage conventions, emphasising the primacy of the Kalima as the central iconographic element. |
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| Mint | Damghan |
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