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Online Auction 14  7-8 Mar 2022
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Lot 382

Starting price: 90 USD
Price realized: 95 USD
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SHAYBANID: Anonymous, fl. 1599-1600, AV 1/12 Indian mohur (0.91g), [Badakhshan], AH1008, A-3007H, struck by unknown governor or ruler at Badakhshan in the name of the long-deceased Mughal Humayun, without the kunya abu'l-muzaffar; the full date 1008 proves that this cannot be an ordinary issue from the Mughal Humayun, who died in AH962, date sufficiently clear, much weakness, VF, RR. The 1/12 mohur, formerly classified as ¼ mithqal, was almost certainly struck solely at Badakhshan, though the mint name almost never appears on the coin. The full and half mithqals were struck only at Mashhad & Herat. This denomination is consistently too heavy to be viewed as a ¼ ashrafi (about 0.86g), too light be be ¼ mithqal (1.16g). On the other hand, one twelfth of a full weight mohur of contemporary Mughal Akbar, about 11.02g, would be about 0.918g, perfect for this denomination, and almost identical to 1/5 of a mithqal (0.93g). Earlier coins of this denomination were struck by the Mughal emperors Humayun and Akbar from the 950s until 987, albeit with variable weight.

Estimate: 110-150 USD
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