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82, Lot: 283. Estimate $200.
Sold for $390. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AFGHANISTAN, Durranis. Shah Zaman. 1793-1801 AD. AV Mohur (19mm, 10.90 gm). Herat mint. AH 1209 (1795 AD). Muled with an obverse die of Taimur Shah, with date AH 1208 /Legend with mint and date. KM 386 / 389. Good VF. Unusual hybrid. From the Charles E. Weber Collection; ex Emir of Bahawalpur (Spink 21 July 1970). From Electronic Auction 80, lot 283.

Herat was held by Taimur's son Mahmud Shah, who struck coins in his father's name after his death in AH 1207 (1793) and before accepting Shah Zaman as overlord.