Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 2016. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Mughal Emperors. Aziz ud-Din Alamgir II. 1754-1759. AV Mohur (10.80 gm, 3h). Shahjahanabad mint. Dated AH 1168, RY 2 (1755 AD). Legend with Kalima and AH date within square; poetical couplets around / Legend with titles of Alamgir and regnal year within square; poetical couplets and mint around. KM 464.1; Wright -; Hull 2169. VF, bankers' marks on edge. Rare variety. ($400)

This rare mohur of Alamgir revives a form not seen since the reign of the fanatically pious Aurangzeb.