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CHITTAGONG: Sikandar b. Zafar, 1571-1593, AR "½ Spanish Dollar" (13.01g), NM, BE933

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:0.00 USD Estimated At:900.00 - 1,100.00 USD
CHITTAGONG: Sikandar b. Zafar, 1571-1593, AR  ½ Spanish Dollar  (13.01g), NM, BE933
SOLD
1,200.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2011 Sep 17 @ 11:12UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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CHITTAGONG: Sikandar b. Zafar, 1571-1593, AR "½ Spanish Dollar" (13.01g), NM, BE933, G-RA1, Mitch-308/310, trilingual, citing the ruler as Sikandar Shah in Persian, Sikundur Saha in Bengali, and Thikauntara Shah in Arakanese, choice Extremely Fine, RR. The exquisite quality of these dies was almost certainly the result of Portguese engravers or assistants. See Mitchiner, Coinage and History of Bangladesh and later Arakan, pp. 131-132 for further discussion.The BE year is engraved in miniscule characters beneath the Arakanese obverse.