LOT 4255
India. Princely State of Hyderabad, Mir Mahbub Ali Khan AR Rupee. AH 1286/1 (AD 1870).
Legend in Urdu: '1 Julus Maimanat Manus Zarb Farkhanda Bunyad - Hyderabad' / Legend in Urdu : '92 Asaf Jah, Nizam Al-Mulk bahadur. Persian letter M" for Mahbub, AH date below'. Yeoman 17; N 50726. Near Very Fine.(10.96gr, 23mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Accompanied by an old handwritten slip.
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LOT 4255
India. Princely State of Hyderabad, Mir Mahbub Ali Khan AR Rupee.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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West Africa(?) Spearhead Money. Circa 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Spear blade in the form of a long leaf, used as currency until the use of coins in the 19th century, issued by the local cultures. Cf. National Museum of American History, ID Number: NU.79.112.OC133. 1.55gr, 54mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman; formed from the early 2000s. -
India, Colonial. Portuguese India, Maria I a Piedosa (the Piteous) Tin 20 Bazarucos. Dated 1801. Dio (Diu) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Maltese crown divides date in angles / Crude crowned arms. KM 47; Gomez 07.03; Vaz, Indo-Portuguese M1.145. 15.8gr, 33mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection. -
Ottoman Empire. Mehmed V AR 10 Kurus. Dated AH 1327 (AD 1908/9), RY 9 (AD 1917/8). Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
٩سنه (Year 7), Toughra; "el-Ghazi" to right / عز نصره ضرب في قسطنطينية ١٣٢٧ (May he be victorious.Struck in Constantinople. 1327) in four lines. KM 772. 11.98gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
