216, Lot: 519. Estimate $500. Sold for $390. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AFGHANISTAN, Durrani Shahs. Ahmad Shah. AH 1160-1186 / AD 1747-1773. AV Mohur (21mm, 10.86 g, 9h). Shahjahanabad (Dehli) mint. Dated AH 1173; RY 14 (AD 1759/60). Couplet and AH date / Mint formula and RY date. Album 3090; KM 765. Good VF.

Ahmad Shah seized Dehli twice in the waning years of the Mughal empire, once briefly in 1756 and again for thirteen months in 1760-1761. He defeated the rising Marathas at the battle of Panipat in January 1761, but ultimately was unable to hold northern India.