Mughal Empire
366, Lot: 111. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MUGHAL EMPIRE. Nasir al-Din Muhammad Humayun. AH 937-963 / AD 1530-1556. AV 1/8 Ashrafi or 1/20 Mohur (11mm, 0.54 g, 11h). Uncertain mint in Badakhshan. Shahada / Legend in Persian citing name and title of Humayun and protective invocation. Wright 13; Hull –; cf. Album A2464; Friedberg 703. VF, small test cut.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Hakim Hamidi (Persic Gallery), November 1987.