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Sadeghi Ghoroghaghaei M, salehi kakhki A, Khosravi Bizhaem F. Common framing typology in Timurid period coins. SciJPH 2024; 14 (28) :1-14
URL: http://ph.aui.ac.ir/article-1-1361-en.html

One of the most diverse historical and archeological evidences of the Timurid period are the coins that have been minted with various motifs and provide valuable information. In addition, they are worthy of attention in terms of framing. Due to the variety of framings,This investigation seeks to investigate and evaluate the various framing forms used to frame coins in the Timurid period, whose investigation yields valuable data for recognizing a portion of the visual patterns found in the Timurid period's art. The most important question in this search is the different types of Timurid coins. The intended research is fundamental in terms of purpose and descriptive and analytical in terms of method. The sampling process was purposeful and selective, and after preliminary library studies, 15 Timurid era coins from the Ashmolean, David, and Malek museums and the personal collection of Komesh Semnan were selected and studied. Based on the results, the frames of the samples can be divided into 3 types: central, bordered, and combined. "central framing", includes samples where one fifth of the surface area of the sample. "bordered framing", includes examples that are close to the edge of the narrow band around the coins surface. "combined framing", three-fifths of the surface from the center to the outside and one-fifth of the surface from the outer edge to the center have patterns.The largest number of types in historical order include mixed framing with 19 cases, central with 7 samples, and bordered with 4 samples. Among the types, the combined frames have the highest number and variety of designs, which can be seen in the central role of the samples. Historically, this species has been divided into three types, circle, seven feathers; square, four feathers; polygonal, eight feathers; and six feathers. There are six feather types, of which four feathers have 8 cases, the square has 4 samples, the circle has 2 samples, and the rest has 1 sample. The most diverse type of mixed framing belonging to the era of Shahrukh is the circle, square, four-part, multi-armed, eight-part, and six-part patterns.