Afghanistan AH 1253 rupee KM-168

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Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2307

This specimen was lot 2307 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $84. The catalog description[1] noted, "DURRANI: temp. Kohandil Khan, 1st reign, 1830-1839, AR rupee, Ahmadshahi (= Qandahar), AH1253, kalima // mint & date, ornate background both sides, XF." This coin is credited to Ayyub Shah (r. 1819-23, d. 1837) in the SCWC, and was struck AH 1242-1254. Kohandil Khan (d. 1855), ruler of Qandahar, may have been his jailor after his deposition. Kohandil Khan contended the throne of Afghanistan with Barakzai chief Dost Mohammed (d. 1863).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10.35 g, silver, this specimen 9.00 g.

Catalog reference: A-H3138, KM-168.

Source:

  • Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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