Iran AH 904 tanka

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Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2252
Steve Album sale 55, lot 2129

The first specimen was lot 2252 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "TIMURID: Muhammad b. Husayn, 1498-1501, AR tanka, NM, AH904, countermarked date within the word fath on type A-2452.2 of Sultan Ahmad with very clear mint and date, Bukhara AH898, on the host; VF on bold VF host, R." The second specimen was lot 2129 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[2] noted, "AQ QOYUNLU: Muhammad, 1498-1500, AR heavy tanka , Yazd, AH904, bipartisan Sunni & Shi'ite type, citing the 4 Sunni Imams Abu Bakr, 'Uthman, 'Umar, and 'Ali, but 'Ali with his Shi'ite title 'ali wali Allah; ornate detailed design, slightly off-center strike, VF-XF, RR. U2542 and V2542 are the first known bipartisan religious types of the Aq Qoyunlu."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, the first specimen 4.87 g, the second specimen 5.53 g.

Catalog reference: A-2441. the second specimen is A-U2542.1.

Source:

  • Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
  • [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.
  • [2]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

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