Triton XIX, Lot: 2409. Estimate $3000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Mughal Empire. Shihab al-Din Muhammad Shah Jahan. AH 1037-1068 / AD 1627-1658. AV Mohur (25mm, 10.94 g, 7h). Akbarabad mint. Dually dated AH 1042 and RY 6 (19 January/14 February – 7 July AD 1633). Kalima within linear angled quadrilobe, angles ending in double pellets; names and titles of Rashidun in outer margins / zarb Akbarabad 1042 Shah Jahan pādshāh ghāzī Muhammad sahib qiran thani shahān al-din (struck Akbarabad Shah Jahan great shah warrior Muhammad the sahib-i-qiran the second meteor of the faith) in Persian. BM 534; Wright –; Hull 1556 and 1558; KM 256; Friedberg 792. Superb EF.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.