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Auction 103  14 September 2016
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Lot 1027

Estimate: 500 USD
Price realized: 650 USD
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INDIA, Mughal Empire. temp. Muhyi al-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir. AH 1068-1118 / AD 1658-1707. Pair of Æ counterfeiter's dies for an AR Rupee. Average dimensions: overall length, 13mm; diameter, 28 mm at face, tapering to approximately 25mm at base. Of cylindrical form. Weight: obverse is 59.12 grams; reverse is 63.05 grams. Bronze cast impressions of obverse and reverse of a Surat mint rupee of Aurangzeb, dually dated AH 1118 and RY 51. Edges of dies are engrailed right. Cf. Wright 1626; cf. Hull 1794-8; cf. KM 300.86 (all refs for for official coin). As made, red-brown and green surfaces, cloth impressions and traces of burlap cloth on reverse. An interesting pair of dies dated to the last year of Aurangzeb's reign.

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