Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1180. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $715. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nasir al-Din Muhammad Humayun. AH 937-947 and 963 / AD 1530-1540 and 1555-1556. AR Rupee (10.64 g, 9h). Bengali (Gaur?) mint. Struck circa AH 945 (1538/9). Shahada and “Allah provides for those whom He pleases, without account” in Arabic in five lines across field; [Quranic inscription of names of four kalifas in outer margin] / “Muhammad Humayun Badshah Ghazi” in four lines across field; “the supreme sultan, may Allah [perpetuate his being and his kingdom and his] sultanate, a just coin [of Bangala] in Arabic in outer margin; uncertain c/m. Wright -; K. Wiggins, “A note on some Humayun rupees struck in Bengal,” ONS Newsletter 150 (Autumn 1996), pp. 17-18; Hull 1185; CIS B956; MWI 3007. Good VF, toned, decorative shroff mark on edge. Rare.