390, Lot: 645. Estimate $300. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Afsharids. Nadir Shah. As king, AH 1148-1160 / AD 1736-1747. Pair of Æ counterfeiter’s dies for an AR Rupee. Kabul mint. Dated AH 1157 (AD 1744/5). Average dimensions: overall length, 19 (for obverse) and 30 mm (for reverse); diameter, 30 (for obverse) and 34 mm (for reverse) at die face. Obverse of cylindrical form, reverse of conical form. Weight: obverse is 127.30 grams; reverse is 144.40 grams. Bronze cast impressions of obverse and reverse of a Kabul mint rupee of Nadir Shah, dated AH 1157. VF, rough coppery surfaces.