23rd Nov, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Coins & Banknotes
118
♦2 x Afghanistan, Durrani Empire AR Rupees, comprising: (1) Timur Shah AH 1186-1207 (AD 1773-93) (22mm, 11.48g), Peshawar Mint, obv. name and titles of the shah, dated [119]7, rev. regnal year 11 (AD 1782) and mint epithet, (KM 703), EF; and (2) Mahmud Shah AH 1215-8 (AD 1800-3) first reign (22mm, 11.49g), Kabul mint 'Dar al-Sultanate' ('Abode of the Sultanate'), dated AH 1216 (AD 1801-2), regnal year 1, (KM 448), toned near EF
ex CNG 304 lot 509; and CNG 362 lot 467, formerly CNG 295 lot 627 respectively
Sold for £70
Estimated at £60 - £80
Auction: Coins & Banknotes, 23rd Nov, 2022
To include the Geoff Hann Collection. The Collection covers the coinage produced by the first Greek general-kings who established their own dynasties in Egypt, Syria and the Indian-subcontinent, and the later Provincial coinage of the Roman Empire. Of note is lot 6, a silver stater of Seleucus I Nicator produced in Babylon between 311-305 BC (estimate: £300-500 plus buyer’s premium). The Collection also includes a quantity of early 20th century banknotes from the period of British direct rule in India, and a reference library of over one hundred volumes including scarce and out-of-print works. Of particular note is the first edition of David Sellwood’s An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia, published by Spink & Son in London, 1971 (estimate: £70-100).
The lots from the Geoff Hann Collection are denoted with a ♦ symbol throughout the catalogue.
For further information on the Geoff Hann Collection click HERE
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