Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1358. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $385. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Mahmud I. AH 1143-1168 / AD 1730-1754. AV Zeri Mahbub (2.61 g, 12h). Misr (Cairo) mint. Dated AH 1143 (AD 1730/1). Tughra; lotus to right; mint formula and AH date below / Titles in four lines across field; “ayin” above “bin” in third line. Cf. Sultan 2005; Pere 562 (same obv. die); KM 86 (Egypt). UNC, a few light scratches and hairlines.