CNG 100, Lot: 2167. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Mughal Empire. Shihab al-Din Muhammad Shah Jahan. AH 1037-1068 / AD 1627-1658. AV Mohur (23mm, 10.97 g, 5h). Surat mint. Dated Azar Ilahi year 2 (23 November-21 December AD 1628). Kalima, mint formula, Ilahi month and year, and mint formula / Couplet citing Shah Jahan. M.K. Hussain, “Gold Coins of Shahjahan from River Bordi,” JNSI Vol. 1, Part II (December 1977), 3; Wright –; Hull –; KM 255.6; Triton 17, 1048 (same obv. die); CNG E-294, lot 948. Superb EF, traces of luster.

Ex Bruun Rasmussen 848 (13 May 2014), lot 59.