★ Rare and unusually well preserved ★

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Manghits (Khanate of Bukhara). Sayyid Haydar Tora, AH 1215-1242 / AD 1800-1826. Tilla (Gold, 20 mm, 4.57 g, 12 h), Bukhara, AH 1234 = 1818/9. Citing his grandfather Daniyal and his father Shah Murad Maʿsum Ghazi within concentric ornamental circles, ‘Amīr Dāniyāl Maʿṣūm Ghāzī 1234’ (‘Amir Daniyal, Maʿsum Ghazi. 1234’ in Persian). Rev. Within concentric ornamental circles, ‘zarb-e Bokhārā-ye Sharīf 1234’ (‘Struck in Noble Bukhara. 1234’ in Persian). Album 3030.1. Rare and unusually well preserved. Struck somewhat off center and with some doubling, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the Asha & Ardeshir Dabestani Collection, ex Album 13, 18 May 2012, 895.