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TIMURID: Timur, 1370-1405, AR tanka (6.20g), Halab, DM, attractive VF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Islamic Coins - Timurid & Later Start Price:850.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
TIMURID: Timur, 1370-1405, AR tanka (6.20g), Halab, DM, attractive VF
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This item SOLD at 2024 Jan 18 @ 16:49UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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TIMURID: Timur, 1370-1405, AR tanka (6.20g), Halab, DM, A-2386D, same style as the Timurid tankas struck in Dimashq in AH803; this is first known Timurid tanka of the mint at Halab (Aleppo), conquered and heavily destroyed by Timur at the end of October 1400 (Rabi' I 803), attractive VF, RRRR. The Timurid forces entered Halab on 30 October 1400 and massacred much of the population. The mint at Aleppo was closed and only reopened about 814/815. A few weeks later, Dimashq surrendered without opposition and produced silver tankas and double tankas in the name of Timur dated AH803. The Timurid forces abandoned Syria later in 803, and ordinary Mamluk coinage in the name of Faraj resumed at Dimashq by AH804. In our estimate, there are about 10 to 15 examples known of the Timurid tankas Dimashq but only this one piece for Halab.