366, Lot: 337. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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RELIGIOUS TOKENS & AMULETS, Islamic. AV Token (20mm, 12.63 g, 12h). Copying a Lahore mint mohur of Akbar, dated Dated Ilahi year 47 = AH 1009/10 (AD 1600-1602).
Allahu Akbar in Persian within ornamented border / Ilahi date and
jalla jalala in Persian; all on floral background. Cf. KM 114.6 (for prototype); Mitchiner,
Indian, –; Brotman –. Good VF.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.