Egypt AH 1102 sherifi altin

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Steve Album sale 32, lot 497
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This specimen was lot 497 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $440.63. The catalog description[1] noted, "EGYPT: Ahmed II, 1691-1695, AV sherifi altin, Misr, AH1102, decent strike, clear mint name and full date, VF to EF, R, ex Hazerfans Collection." This and a billon medin (KM 55) are the only Egyptian issues for this sultan.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.50 g, gold, this specimen 3.45 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-13, KM-57.

Sources:

  • Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed., Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
  • Mitchiner, Michael, The World of Islam, London: Hawkins Publications, 2000.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014
  • 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.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

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