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AFSHARID: Ibrahim, 1748-1749, AR 6 shahi (6.83g), Astarabad, DM, A-2765, struck only in AH1162 at Astarabad, VF, Scarce.

AFSHARID: Amir Arslan Khan, 1748, AR abbasi (4.62g), Tabriz, AH1161, A-2768, Arslan Khan ruled at Tabriz only briefly during the year AH1161 (1748); l

AFSHARID: Shahrukh, 1748-1750, AR double rupi (23.16g), Mashhad, AH1161, A-2773, about 10% flat strike, bold mint & date, VF.

AFSHARID: Shahrukh, 1748-1750, AR 2 rupi (22.78g), Mashhad, AH116x, A-2773, KM-438, type C, Fine.

AFSHARID: Shahrukh, 1748-1750, AR 6 shahi (7.03g), Astarabad, AH1162, A-2775, KM-436.1, date barely visible, slightly off center strike, VF, R.

ZAND: Karim Khan, 1753-1779, AR rupi (11.56g), Mazandaran, AH1172, A-2793, type A, VF-EF, S.

ZAND: Karim Khan, 1753-1779, AR double abbasi (9.27g), Yazd, AH1182, A-2796, type C, lovely design, VF-EF.

ZAND: Karim Khan, 1753-1779, AR double abbasi (9.01g), Mazandaran, AH1192, A-2796, good luster, VF-EF.

ZAND: Karim Khan, 1753-1779, AR abbasi, Shiraz, AH1166, A-2798, KM-511.5, type A, full date, minor weakness, VF-EF, R.

ZAND: Karim Khan, 1753-1779, AR abbasi (4.58g), Shiraz, AH1175, A-2799A, type B but with the name karim inscribed in very small characters within the

ZAND: 'Ali Murad Khan, 1781-1785, AR 1/3 rupi (3.73g), Rasht, AH1196, A-2818, unusual reverse, not in KM, choice VF, S.

ZAND: Ja'far Khan, 1785-1789, AR rupi (10.95g), Shiraz, ND, A-2822, VF, R.

QAJAR: Muhammad Hasan Khan, 1750-1759, AR rupi (11.47g), Rasht, DM, A-2827, KM-504.6, VF, S.

QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, AR riyal (10.23g), Khuy, AH1214//1215, A-2874, attractive reverse design; mixed dates are not very rare for th...

QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, AR 1/2 riyal (4.53g), Kashan, ND, A-2887, Type D, struck on thick narrow planchet, VF.

QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, AR riyal, Mashhad, AH1244, A-2893, type E, minor weakness, VF.

QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, AR qiran, Zanjan, AH1241, A-2894, KM-710.26, type E, VF.

QAJAR: Muhammad Shah, 1837-1848, AR qiran (5.36g), Kirmanshahan, AH1254, A-2913, Fourth standard, type D, with mint epithet Dar al-Dawla, VF. Fourth s

QAJAR: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AR 1/8 qiran (0.65g), Rasht, AH1274, A-2933.2, very rare with fully clear mint & date, traces of the use of...

GANJA: Muhammad Hasan Khan, 1760-1780, AR abbasi (4.65g), Ganja, AH1176, A-2941, in the name of the late Nadir Shah, VF-EF, S.

GANJA: Muhammad Hasan Khan, 1760-1780, AR abbasi (2.90g), Ganja, AH1189, A-2944, obverse legend ya saheb oz-zaman, struck to the lighter standard (the

GANJA: Muhammad Hasan Khan, 1760-1780, AR abbasi (3.09g), Ganja, AH1189, A-2944, type D, choice VF, R.

SHIRVAN: Fath 'Ali Khan, 1766-1788, AR abbasi (3.57g), Shimakhi, AH1186, A-2945, KM-5, EF.

KHOQAND: Khudayar Khan, 1st reign, 1844-1858, AE pul (4.03g), Khoqand, AH1266//1266, A-3062, lovely strike, final '6' on both sides recut ov...

KHOQAND: Malla Khan, 1858-1862, AE pul (3.76g), Khoqand, AH1277, A-3065A, NS-K50, with the phrase hukm-i 'ali ("justice of Ali") inste...

KHWAREZM: Sayyid 'Abd Allah Khan, 1918-1920, AE 2 1/2 tenga, Khwarezm, AH(133)7, A-3089F, Y-9.2, 30% flat strike, VF.

KHWAREZM: Autonomous, 1920-1924, AE 25 rubles, Khwarizm, AH1339, A-3089Q, Y-16.1, crude EF-AU.

SHAYBANID: Muhammad Shaybani, 1500-1510, AR tanka (5.09g), Bukhara, AH914, A-2978.2, unusually nice strike, VF.

SHAYBANID: Din Muhammad, 1556 & 1566-1572, AR tanka (4.7g), MM, DM, A-B3005, VF, RRR.

JANID: Baqi Muhammad Khan, 1601-1605, AR tanka (4.61g), NM, ND, A-3013, KM-MB7.4, VF-EF, R.

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AR rupee (11.17g), Anwala, AH1173 year (14), A-3092, KM-228, katar to far left of obverse field, VF.

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AR rupee (11.17g), Attock, year 19, A-3092, KM-233, countermarked rayij 1198, 1 tiny test mark, VF, RR.

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AR rupee (11.28g), Peshawar, AH1162, A-3092, KM-693, F-VF, ex William F. Spengler.

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AR rupee (11.58g), Ahmadshahi, year 11, A-3092, KM-113, 2 testmarks, F-VF.

DURRANI: Anonymous, AR rupee (10.95g), Derajat, date? A-B3096.1, KM-348.1, c/m ra'ij possibly with date, host coin dated AH1181, VF-EF, ex Willi...

DURRANI: Taimur Shah, as Nizam, 1757-1772, AR rupee (11.32g), Lahore, AH1170 year one (ahad), A-3097, beautifully centered, fabulous strike, choice EF

DURRANI: Taimur Shah, as Nizam, 1757-1772, AR rupee (11.51g), Multan, AH1171 year one, A-3097, KM-652.1, bold strike, choice EF, S.

DURRANI: Taimur Shah, 1772-1793, AR rupee (11.35g), Dera, AH1198 year 12, A-3100, KM-328, modestly cleaned, EF, R.

DURRANI: Taimur Shah, 1772-1793, AR rupee (11.40g), Peshawar, AH1186 year one (ahad), A-3100, with some very minor edge test marks, some toning near o

DURRANI: Taimur Shah, 1772-1793, AR rupee (11.44g), Peshawar, AH1187 year 2, A-3100, one test mark, some toning near one edge, overall a very lovely e

DURRANI: Mahmud Shah, at Herat, 1801-1829, AR rupee (10.23g), Herat, AH1243, A-3138.2, KM-398.3, lovely strike, choice EF, R.

DURRANI: Shah Shuja', 1803-1809/2nd reign, AR rupee (10.99g), Derajat, AH(121)8 year one (ahad), A-3122, lovely VF-EF.

DURRANI: Qaisar Shah, 2nd reign, 1807-1808, AR rupee (11.03g), Kashmir, AH1223 year 2, A-3125, KM-600, pleasing VF.

DURRANI: Qaisar Shah, 2nd reign, 1807-1808, AR rupee (10.86g), Kashmir, AH1223 year 2, A-3125, KM-600, VF, R.

DURRANI: Ayyub Shah, 1817-1829, AR rupee (10.59g), Peshawar, AH1234 year one (ahad), A-3135, KM-733, superb strike, on unusually broad flan, choice VF

DURRANI: Ayyub Shah, 1817-1829, AR rupee, Kabul, AH1237 year 3, A-3135, KM-468, choice VF, ex William F. Spengler.

DURRANI: Ayyub Shah, 1817-1829, AR rupee, Kashmir, AH1234 year 2, A-3135, KM-614, nice VF.

DURRANI: Kamran Shah, 1829-1842, AR rupee (10.18g), Herat, AH1244, A-3142.1, KM-A403, 1st couplet, VF-EF.

DURRANI: Kamran Shah, 1829-1842, AR rupee (10.16g), Herat, AH1244, A-3142, KM-403, Fine.

DURRANI: Kamran Shah, 1829-1842, AR rupee (10.25g), Herat, AH1246, A-3142, KM-403, VF-EF, ex William F. Spenger; ex SARC Auction 3.

DURRANI: Kamran Shah, 1829-1842, AR rupee (10.25g), Herat, AH1248, A-3142, KM-403, F-VF, ex William F. Spenger; ex SARC Auction 3.

ALIKOZAY: Yar Muhammad Khan, 1842-1851, AR jendak (1.88g), Herat, AH1259, A-3154, KM-404, the jendak was equal to 1/6 of the canonical Mughal rupee, F

SADOZAI: Sa'id Muhammad Khan, 1851-1855, AR qiran, Herat, AH1271, A-3156A, KM-406, F-VF, ex William F. Spengler.

BARAKZAI: Muhammad Akbar, 1842-1843, AR rupee, Kabul, AH1258, A-3161, KM-493, kalima reverse, VF, R.

CIVIC COPPER: AE fals (4.62g), Baldat Balkh, AH879, A-3184, mint name // date within complex border; bold strike, VF, R.

CIVIC COPPER: AE 'adliya (4.23g), Herat, AH863, A-3186, VG, ex Jim Farr Collection.

CIVIC COPPER: AE fals (3.59g), Herat, AH887, A-3186, VG, ex Jim Farr Collection.

CIVIC COPPER: AE falus (4.54g), NM, ND, A-K3215A, legend only peivasteh be-la'nat-e elahi // taghayyor-deh-e folus-e shahi ("may he who alt...

CIVIC COPPER: AE oblong falus (4.58g), Farahabad, ND, A-3228, ibex with bent front leg; an examples has just been published in ONS Journal 254 (Winter

CIVIC COPPER: AR falus (8.39g), Qandahar, ND, A-3253, Va-9, two fish swimming around star-in-hexafoil, struck on folded copper pot-metal, choice VF, R

CIVIC COPPER: AE falus (9.41g), Tabriz, DM, A-3267.2, bull left, rectangular planchet, Fine, ex Jim Farr Collection.

CIVIC COPPER: AE fals (2.86g), Khwarizm, AH823, A-3277E, Fine, ex Jim Farr Collection.

CIVIC COPPER: AE fals (9.88g), Qunduz, AH906, A-Q3280, inscriptions within ornate margins on both sides, VF, RR.

ANCIENT CEYLON: Anonymous, ca. 668-740, AE 1/2 unit (1.39g), Mitch-813 var, square flan, Pallava inspired "Lion and Pot" type coinage, lio...

ANCIENT CEYLON: Anonymous, ca. 668-740, AE unit (3.61g), Mitch-813, Pallava inspired "Lion and Pot" type coinage, lion facing right with o...

ANCIENT INDIA: ERAN: Anonymous, 2nd-1st Century BC, AE heavy 1/2 karshapana (8.08g), Mitch-4615 ff, punchmarks elephant left, fish-in-river, tree-in-r

ANCIENT INDIA: ERIKACHHA: Anonymous, ca. 300-200 BC, square AE unit (11.03g), Gupta- Erich 6var, punchmarked with bow and arrow and Brahmi legend erik

ANCIENT INDIA: GANDHARA: Bent bar, 5th-4th century BC, AR 1/2 shatamana (5.25g), Ra-560var, VF, Rare

ANCIENT INDIA: PARATA RAJAS: Spajhayama, ca. 50 BC to 50 AD, AE drachm (1.63g), Senior-284, diademed bust left // large swastika, VF.

ANCIENT INDIA: VISHNUKUNDIN: Anonymous, 6th century, BI unit (2.37g), Mitch-5127, elephant right / diamond between two standards, nice example, VF-EF,

ANCIENT INDIA: WESTERN KSHATRAPAS: Rudradaman, ca. 130-160, AR drachm, Senior-325, undated, as always for this reign, wonderful strike, choice EF.

INDO-PARTHIAN: Abdagases, ca. 55-65, BI tetradrachm (10.22g), Taxila region, Mitch-1140c, horseman / Zeus standing, lightly stained, nearly EF, ex Wil

KUSHANO-SASANIAN: Ardashir II, ca. 245±, AE unit, Cribb-17, bust of king right, with bird crown / goddess offering object (crown?) to the king,...

KUSHANO-SASANIAN: Peroz I, ca. 245-270, AE drachm (2.36g), Carter-8; Cribb-19, king standing left, sacrificing at altar and holding trident; to left,

KIDARITE: Vinayaditya, ca. 776-807, debased AV dinar, Cribb-32, highly stylized king standing left // abstract Ardoksho seated facing, sri vinaya / di

KIDARITE: Vinayaditya, ca. 776-807, debased AV dinar (6.69g), Mitch-3656/60, Cribb-32, highly stylized king standing left // abstract Ardoksho seated

KIDARITE: Vinayaditya, ca. 776-807, debased AV dinar (7.61g), Cribb-32, highly stylized king standing left // abstract Ardoksho seated facing, sri vin

KIDARITE: Vinayaditya, ca. 776-807, debased AV dinar (7.86g), Cribb-32, highly stylized king standing left // abstract Ardoksho seated facing, sri vin

ARYA CAKRAVARTIS OF JAFFNA: Anonymous, ca. 1462-1597, AE massa, Mitch-859-61, standing king with crown consisting two lines and a dot, trident on left

CHOLAS OF TANJORE: Raja Raja, ca. 985-1014, debased AV kahavanu, Mitch-729, king seated, with legend sri raja raja below his arm // standing king hold

KALACHURIS OF RATNAPURA: Prithvi Deva, ca. 1135-1165, AV 1/4 stater (0.95g), De-126, stylized depiction of lion riding on top of elephant right (gajas

BENGAL: Rukn al-Din Kaikaus, 1290-1300, AR 1/18 tanka (0.58g), NM, ND, G-B91, inscribed only 'adl on obverse, rukn on reverse, F-VF, RR. There a...

BENGAL: Ghiyath al-Din Bahadur, 1320-1324, AR 1/18 tanka (0.59g), NM, ND, G-B110, inscribed only 'adl on obverse, ghiyath on reverse, F-VF, RR. ...

BENGAL: Nasir al-Din Nusrat Shah, 1519-1531, AR tanka, Dar al-Darb, AH930, G-B824, a wonderful lustrous mint state example! NGC graded MS64.

BENGAL: Nasir al-Din Nusrat Shah, 1519-1531, AR tanka, Muhammadabad, AH935, G-B837, a wonderful lustrous mint state example! NGC graded MS64.

BENGAL: Firuz II, 1531-1532, AR ranka (10.54g), Husainabad, AH939, G-B877, nice strike, VF, S, ex. John Page Collection.

DELHI: Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, 1320-1325, AR tanka (10.7g), Hadrat Delhi, AH724, G-D706, EF, ex Donald B. Hull, William F. Spengler.

DELHI: Ibrahim Shah III, 1554-1555, AE paisa (20.44g), NM, AH962, G-D1165, VF, ex William F. Spengler.

DELHI: Ibrahim Shah III, 1554-1555, AE paisa (19.24g), NM, AH962, G-D1165, Fine, RR.

GUJARAT: Bahadur Shah, 1526-1537, AR 1/6 tanka, NM, AH941, G-G358, from a recent hoard, choice EF-AU.

GUJARAT: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AR 1/2 tanka (5.70g), NM, AH911 (sic), G-G645, likely struck 1572-83 by I'timad Khan in the name of the Mughal rule...

KASHMIR: Hasan Shah, 1469-1481, AR sasnu (6.13g), Kashmir, AH876, G-K31. Ra-2823, couple testmarks, VF.

KASHMIR: Fath Shah, 1487-1517, AR sasnu (6.15g), Kashmir, AH842 sic, G-K57. Ra-2844, one testmark, VF-EF.

KASHMIR: Nazuk (Nadir) Shah, 1550-1551, AR sansu, Kashmir AH(957), G-K111, couple testmarks, Fine, R.

KASHMIR: Muhammad Ghazi Khan, 1555-1562, AR sansu (6.07g), Kashmir, AH(9)59, G-K150, struck in the name of the Mughal Muhammad Akbar but with obsolete

KASHMIR: Muhammad Ali, 1570-1579, AR square sasnu (6.07g), Kashmir, AH980, G-K133, VF.

KASHMIR: Muhammad Ali, 1570-1579, AR square sasnu (6.18g), Kashmir, AH986, G-K133, 2 testmarks, VF.

KHANDESH: Bahadur Shah, 1597-1601, AE 1/2 falus (10.41g), NM, ND, G-KH4, lovely VF, R.

MUGHAL: Babur, 1st reign, 1497-1498, AR shahrukhi (4.67g), NM, ND, A-2462.3, Rahman-70, one testmark, VF.

MUGHAL: Humayun, 1530-1556, AR shahrukhi (4.73g), Agra, ND, A-B2464, modest weakness, as usual, EF.