Hyderabad AH1333/4 ashrafi

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 21062

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 21062 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $1,762.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Hyderabad. Ashrafi, AH 1333 Year 4 (1914). PCGS MS-64 Secure Holder. Sharply struck with soft satin luster. Brilliant and quite attractive." The Indian princely state of Hyderabad was one of the few large enough and wealthy enough to mint an extensive series of gold coins. This type, struck for Mir Usman Ali Khan (AH 1329-1367 or 1911-48 A.D.), is listed for AH1331-1362 and is not common, despite the lengthy production run.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.17 g, .910 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-1165; KM-57a.

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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

Link to:

• Awadh AH 1264(2) ashrafi Fr-1023
• Hyderabad AH1329/1 ashrafi
• India 1918-I sovereign
• India 1918(b) rupee
• Hyderabad AH1337/9 ashrafi
• Coins and currency dated 1914
• return to coins of India, Hyderabad