Delhi AH 727 dinar Fr-453

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 538

This specimen was lot 538 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DELHI: Muhammad III b. Tughluq, 1325-1351, AV dinar, Delhi, AH727, Muhammad III with the title al-wathiq bi-ta'yid al-rahman 'trusting in the support of the Merciful', bold perfectly centered strike, XF." The sultans of Delhi struck an extensive series of gold coins (Fr-402 thru Fr-502) starting about AH 589 (1193 AD). Most of the rulers had very short tenures but Mohammad III survived twenty-six years (AH 725-752).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: gold, this specimen 12.82 g.

Catalog reference: G-D331.

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• ^[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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