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Auction 18  16-18 January 2014
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Lot 783

Starting price: 130 USD
Price realized: 350 USD
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AFSHARID: Nadir Shah, 1735-1747, AR rupi (11.42g), Shahjahanabad, AH1151, A-2744.3, with mint epithet Dar al-Khalifa, a superb example of this historically important type struck during Nadir Shah's invasion of India, EF, ex Deepak Haritwal. This is the conquest coin that proclaims Nadir's defeat of the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah and his occupation of Delhi. Nadir restored Muhammad Shah in exchange for the contents of the Mughal treasury, allegedly some 700,000,000 rupees, plus the Mughal throne (the Peacock Throne, still in Tehran) and other spoils.

Estimate: 175-225 USD
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