366, Lot: 340. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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RELIGIOUS TOKENS & AMULETS, Islamic/Hindu. AV Token (17mm, 6.16 g, 12h). A hybrid copy, combining an obverse of a mohur of Akbar, and a reverse witth a Devanagari legend citing Rama. Shahada within quatrefoil; oaths of the Rashidun in outer margins /
śri/
rama jaya/
rama jaya/
rama in Devanagari with floral ornaments. Cf. KM 105.1 (for obv. prototype); Mitchiner,
Indian, –; Brotman –. Good VF.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album.