MAR'ASHID: Anonymous, fl. 1391-1392, AR tanka (6.87g), Madinat Qumm, AH79(6), A-M2347, Dauwe 162.Ab3, inscribed bi-madinat qumm in the center, the phrase nasr min Allah wa fath qarib followed by the city name Astarabad around, date formula in the outer margin // kalima and the names of the 12 Shi'ite Imams around; some light adhesions, crude VF, RRR, ex Roland Dauwe Collection. Attribution to the Mar'ashids of Mazandaran is very likely. The coins were probably struck outside Astarabad, and cite Qumm to confirm their Shi'ite branch of Islam.

Estimate: USD 200 - 300