303, Lot: 665. Estimate $200. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Mughal Empire. Shihab al-Din Muhammad Shah Jahan. AH 1037-1068 / AD 1627-1658. AR Half Rupee (21mm, 5.67 g, 8h). Akbarabad mint. Dated AH 1042; RY 5 (AD 1632/3). Kalima in three lines; AH date to lower left; all within linear quadrate frame with ornate ends; names of Rashidun in outer voids / Name and title of Shah Jahan in three lines; RY date to upper left; all within linear quadrate frame with ornate ends; continuation of legend and mint formula in outer voids . Wright 899; Hull 1592; KM 218.2. EF.

From the Peter de Vries Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 136 (29 March 2006), lot 275.