6 Dirhams - Taghay Timur Type KB
Features
| Issuer |
Ilkhanates of Western Khorasan
 |
|---|---|
| Khan |
Togha Temür (1336-1353)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 739 (1338) |
| Calendar | Islamic (Hijri) |
| Value | 6 Dirhams (4.2) |
| Currency | Dinar (1256-1388) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 6.2 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Thickness | 1.8 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 399224 |
| References | Album Islamic# 2241 Stephen Album; 2011. A Checklist of Islamic Coins (3rd Edition). Self-published, Santa Rosa, California, United States.Ömer Diler; 2006. Ilkhans: Coinage of the Persian Mongols. Self-published, Istanbul, Turkey. , ICV I# 2165 Tim Wilkes; 2015. Islamic Coins & Their Values / Volume 1. The Mediaeval Period. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Taghay Temur and titulature within a rounded hexafoil; circles inscribed at each point, date and mint between.
Script: Arabic (naskh)
Lettering:
Field: ضرب جرجان / السلطان العالم العدل / طغايتيمور جان جلد / ملكه
Margin: في استرباد سبعمائة وتسعة وثلاثون سنة
Translation:
Field: al-sultān al-'ālim / Taghay Temur han / khallada Allāh mulkahu
Margin: darb [mint] sana fītis' thalathīn sab'ami'a
Field: Sultan of the World / Taghay Temur Khan / May God perpetuate his rule
Margin: Struck in [mint], seven hundred and thirty-nine years
Reverse
Kalima in three lines, surrounded by the names of the four Rashidun Caliphs (read clockwise).
Script: Arabic (kufic)
Lettering:
Field: ﻻ ﺍﻟﻪ ﺍﻻ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ / ﻣﺤﻤﺪ / ﺭﺳﻮﻝ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ
Margin: إبو بكر / عمر / عثمان / علي
Translation:
Field: lā ilāh illā Allāh / Muhammad / rasūl Allāh
Margin: Abū Bakr / 'Umar / 'Uthmān / 'Alī
Field: There is no God but God / Muhammad / is the messenger of God
Margin: Abu Bakr / Umar / Uthman / Ali
Edge
Plain.
Comments
"2241 AR 6 dirhams (6.48g), second Khorasan type KB
(looped hexafoil / octofoil with points in outer
segments, ruler’s name in Uighur), used 739-740
C [Common]"
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 739 (1338) | Jurjan Mint | ||||||||||||||
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