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1/4 Tanka - 'Miri' - Timur Samarqand mint
| Issuer | Timurid Empire |
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| Year | 1388 |
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| Weight | 1.36 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a multi-line Arabic inscription in bold Naskh script, arranged in horizontal registers across the flan. The legend, read within a plain field, displays the mint epithet and religious formulae characteristic of Timurid coinage. The die is struck on an irregular, hand-cut flan with natural edge irregularities typical of hammered silver production. A row of pellets is visible in the left field, serving as decorative or structural dividers between lines of text. The overall style is consistent with late 14th-century Transoxianan minting practice under Timur. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Timur took Samarqand as his capital and primary mint city from the 1360s onward, and coins struck there in his name carry particular dynastic weight — this was the seat of his court, not a provincial outpost. The quarter tanka denomination, sometimes designated miri in contemporary sources to distinguish issues directly under royal authority, circulated in a monetary system where the full tanka was itself a fractional unit of account rather than a high-value piece. 1388 places this coin in the period immediately following Timur's campaigns into Persia and just before his devastating northern push against Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde.