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Triton XXI Sessions 3 & 4 10 Jan 2018
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INDIA, Mughal Empire. Shihab al-Din Muhammad Shah Jahan. AH 1037-1068 / AD 1627-1658. AV Mohur (23mm, 10.64 g, 9h). Balkh mint. Dated AH 1056 (AD 1646/7). The kalimat aṭ-ṭaiyibah: l'lā ilāha illā -llāh, muḥammadur rasūlu -llāh (there is no god except Allah, [and] Muhammad [is] he messenger of Allah) in four lines; all within linear quadrate frame with knotted ends; in outer margin, bi-sudq abī bekr wa 'adl 'umar bi-azram 'uthmān wa 'ilm 'alī (by the truth of Abu Bakr and the justice of Umar; by the modesty of Uthman and the wisdom of Ali) / shāh jahān badshāh ghāzī in three lines; all within linear quadrate frame with knotted ends; in outer margin, shihāb al-dīn muhammad sāhib qirān sānī zarb sanat 1056 balkh (flame of the faith of Muhammad, second lord of the favorable conjunction of the planets, struck year 1056 (after the Hijra) Balkh). BM –; Wright –; Hull –; KM Type 260 (mint unlisted); Friedberg 801; Numsimatica Genevensis SA 7, 1910 (same dies). Good VF, areas of light toning, slightly double struck, flan slightly bent, evidence of possibly having been placed in a bezel. Very rare.