TIMURID,
Sultan
Mahmud of Khorasan, 1469-95, silver tanka,
25mm, A-2455, c/m 'ADL SULTAN MAHMUD, on Abu Sa'id coin o/s on Shah
Rukh, Lahijan 827 AH (1424 AD), rare with so much clear, hole, VF $45.00
sold
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TIMURID,
Shah
Rukh, 1405-47, copper fals, A-3274
series, Andarabad (Afghanistan), 837 AH (1433), date written out in Arabic,
F
$33.00 sold
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Andarabad is a rare mint.
Current classification schemes like to put Central Asian coppers of this
period in a "civic" category as opposed to "royal" coins in silver and
gold that bore the ruler's name on them. Well, sure, why not, but
if there's a date and a mint then you know who was running that country
at that time, so why make things more complicated? Answer is that
any classification scheme is a mauling of reality. Chop the corners
off so the facts will fit in your box. After all, the copper mints
were leased to the highest bidder, who struck the coins to pay off the
invoice and the taxes, and who did he buy that mint from in the first place?
So?
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