★ Rare and unusually fresh ★

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Shibanids. 'Abdallah II, AH 991-1006 / AD 1583-1598. 1/12 Mohur (Gold, 11 mm, 0.95 g, 6 h), [Badakhshan]. Within an irregular heptagon, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh Muḥammad rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic). Rev. Within a barbed quatrefoil, ‘ʿAbd Allāh Bahādur Khān’ (‘ʿAbd Allah Bahadur Khan’ in Arabic). Album 2994. Rare and unusually fresh. Extremely fine.

From an important collection of Byzantine and Islamic coins and seals, formed over the past 25 years.