Ex Skanda Collection

Triton XIX, Lot: 2224. Estimate $5000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AFGHANISTAN, Durrani Shahs. temp. Ata Muhammad Bamizai Khan. AH 1223-1228 / AD 1808-1813. AV Double Mohur (24mm, 21.74 g, 11h). Citing Shah Nur al-Din. Khitta Kashmir (Srinagar) mint. Dually dated AH 1225 and RY 2 (6 February AD 1810-25 January AD 1811). Mint formula and RY date in linear quadrate border; invocation citing Shah Nur al-Din around; all on floral background / Religious aphorism citing “the world is carrion and the seekers thereafter are dogs” and AH date. SICA 9, –; Album A3126; KM 607 (this coin illustrated); Friedberg 14. Choice EF. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Skanda Collection (Spink-Taisei 9, 20 February 1991) lot 443; Stack’s (29 April 1987), lot 2054.