Afghanistan AH 1335 tilla

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 1453

This specimen was lot 1453 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Habibullah, 1901-1919, AV tilla, NM (struck at Kabul), AH1335, king's name plus his title siraj al-milla wa'l-din in wreath, date below // mosque within rayed octagon, 6-point star below, UNC, R, ex Hakim Hamidi Collection." Milled coinage was introduced to Afghanistan during the reign of Abdur Rahman (1880-1901). This type was struck AH 1335-1337 only.

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: 4.6 g, gold, 21 mm diameter, this specimen 4.6 g.

Catalog reference: KM-856.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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.

Links to:

• AH 1320 (1902) tilla
• AH 1329 (1911) 5 rupees
• AH 1334 half rupee
• AH 1334 rupee
• AH 1335 sanar
• AH 1335 half rupee, crossed cannons below the mosque
• AH 1335 half rupee, star of Solomon
• AH 1335 rupee
• AH 1336 (1917) tilla
• Coins and currency dated 1916