Bukhara AH 1301 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 461 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "MANGHIT OF BUKHARA: Muzaffar al-Din, 1860-1886, AV tilla, Bukhara, AH1301//1300, date incorrectly cited on the slab as "AH1355/1354"; cleaned, NGC graded AU details." 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: 4.55 g, gold.
Catalog reference: A-3038, KM 65 (unlisted date).
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- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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