Bukhara AH 1336 tenga
This specimen was lot 74206 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN. Emirate of Bukhara. Tenga, AH 1336 (1918). Muhammad Alim Khan bin Abdul-Ahad. PCGS AU-55. An attractive example of a less commonly seen type, delivering a crisp strike and strong details, with only limited signs of handling throughout." This state issued half tengas thru five tengas in copper. This type was struck AH 1336-1338 just before Bukharan autonomy was terminated. Wikipedia comments,
"Bukhara was the last capital of the Emirate of Bukhara and was besieged by the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. During the Bukhara operation of 1920, Red Army troops under the command of Bolshevik general Mikhail Frunze attacked the city of Bukhara. On 31 August 1920, the Emir Alim Khan fled to Dushanbe in Eastern Bukhara (later he escaped from Dushanbe to Kabul in Afghanistan). On 2 September 1920, after four days of fighting, the emir's citadel (the Ark) was destroyed and the red flag was raised from the top of Kalyan Minaret."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, 17-20 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-46.2.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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