Queen Nefertiti Birth Commemorative
1361. GERMANY. Late 20th century. AV Art Medal (40mm, 30.06 g, 12h). Commemorating the 3340th Anniversary of the Birth of Nefertiti, Queen of Egypt. REGINA AEGYPTIORUM • NOFRETETE •, Amarna bust of Nefertiti by Thutmose left (Ägyptisches Museum Berlin, Inv. 21300); 986 on truncation / • AMENOPHIS IV - ECH NATON U. GEMAHLIN NOFRETETE 1370 V. CHR, House altar depicting Amarna royal family (Ägyptisches Museum Berlin, Inv. 14145). Near EF, some minor scuffs. Attractive and well-executed. ($1500)
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1363
1362. INDIA, Medieval. Eastern Chalukyas. Uncertain ruler. 10th century. AV Pagoda (38mm, 3.83 g). Series of TeleguKanarese punchmarks around central punchmark depicting lion standing left / Incuse of punchmarks. Cf. Chattopadhyaya 2335; cf. Mitchiner, South I 191 (both ref. Kulottunga I). Superb EF, traces of red encrustation. ($3000) 1363. INDIA, Medieval. Kalachuris of Kalyana. Time of Bijjala Kalachuri. Circa 1156-1168. AV Pagoda (23mm, 3.65 g). Central Garuda running right and holding object, two sri, four lion, and two “Suba” in Devanagari punchmarks / Blank. Mitchiner, South I 279; Chattopadhyaya 116-7; Friedberg 326-7. Good VF. ($400)
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1365
1364. INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Bengal. Anonymous issue. AR Tanka (29mm, 10.69 g, 10h). Unnamed (Lakhnauti) mint. Struck under Tamar Khan Qiran, governor, AH 641-644 (AD 1243-1246). Kalima in two lines across field in double linear quadrate frame; floral ornament in outer void / “fi ‘ahd” legend with name and titles of Abbasid caliph, al-Mustansir in three lines across field in double linear quadrate frame; partial mint formula and [AH date] in outer margin. CIS B65. VF, typical areas of flat strike. ($500) These anonymous Tankas were struck AH 641-644, during the governorship of Tamar Khan Qiran. Only a couple of specimens are known with part of the date visible in the margin.
1365. INDIA, Mughal Empire. Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar. AH 963-1014 / AD 1556-1605. AV Mohur (23mm, 10.92 g, 9h). Fathpur mint. Dated AH 986 (AD 1578/9). Kalima in two lines in angled octolobe; oaths of Rashidun in external voids / Name and titles of Akbar, mint formula, and AH date across field; all in angled octolobe; “Pious Wish” in external voids. Liddle Type G-13A; Wright 88 var. (hexalobe borders); Hull 1218; KM 110.1. Near EF, lightly toned. Rare. ($2500)
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