400, Lot: 715. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AFGHANISTAN, Durrani Shahs. Mahmud Shah. Second reign, AH 1224-1245 / AD 1809-1829. Brass counterfeiter’s die for an AR Rupee. Dimensions: overall length, 17mm; diameter, 24 mm. Of cylindrical form. Weight: 69.95 grams. Brass cast impression of reverse of a Peshawar mint rupee of Muhammad Shah. Cf. KM 728 (for official coin); cf. Album 28, lot 717 (for rev.). As made, toned brass surfaces.