Bukhara AH 1273 tilla
Wikipedia comments, "The Emirate of Bukhara (Persian: امارت بخارا; Uzbek: Buxoro amirligi) was a Central Asian polity that existed from 1785 to 1920 in what is now modern-day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. It occupied the land between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, known formerly as Transoxiana. Its core territory was the land along the lower Zarafshan River, and its urban centres were the ancient cities of Samarkand and the emirate's capital, Bukhara. It was contemporaneous with the Khanate of Khiva to the west, in Khwarezm, and the Khanate of Kokand to the east, in Fergana." This specimen was lot 72041 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "ISLAMIC KINGDOMS. Manghits of Bukhara. Tilla, AH 1273//AH 1273 (1857/8). Bukhara Mint. time of Nasrullah Khan. NGC MS-62. A hint of peripheral striking weakness is noted, but this elegant, nearly-choice hammered specimen features a golden-yellow allure." This type was struck AH 1243-1328. Many mules with mismatched dates are reported. The tilla was a gold denomination also used in Afghanistan, with which Bukhara shared a rather moveable border.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.35 g, gold.
Catalog reference: KM-65; A-3035; ICV-4083.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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