366, Lot: 3. Estimate $750. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Minghs (Khanate of Khokand). temp. Muhammad Yakub Beg. Amir of Kashgaria, AH 1283-1294 / AD 1867-1877. AV Tilla (22mm, 3.39 g, 6h). In the name of 'Abd al-'Aziz, Ottoman sultan. Kashgar mint. Dually dated AH 1292 (AD 1875/6). Name and title of 'Abd al-'Aziz; AH date to right / Mint formula and AH date. Album O3090; cf. Album 22, lot 668 (for type). Good VF, lightly toned. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.