378, Lot: 675. Estimate $100. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Mughal Empire. Zahir al-Din Muhammad Babur. AH 932-937 / AD 1526-1530. AR Mithqal –Shahrukhi (26mm, 4.81 g, 9h). Pre-Mugal issue under Muhammad-i-Zaman, governor. Balkh mint. Dated AH [9]24 (AD 1517/8). Kalima in three lines within circle; continuation in outer margin / Name and titles of Babur in five lines across fields; mint name below; trace of AH date to left. Cf. Rahman 16 (for type); Album 2462.1; CNG 73, lot 1171. VF, toned, areas of weak strike. Very rare.