CNG 100, Lot: 556. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AFGHANISTAN, Barakzais. Shir 'Ali. Second reign, AH 1285-1295 / AD 1868-1878. AV Double Tilla (19mm, 7.08 g, 12h). Presentation issue. Kabul mint. Dated AH 1295 (AD 1878). Cf. SICA 9, 1182 (silver); Album 3164 and note (this coin referenced); cf. KM 514 (same); Friedberg –. Good VF, evidence of having been in a bezel. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Album FPL 133 (February 1997), no. 37.