British and World Coins

Ceylon, a Persia, Shah Abbas II (1642-66), Abbasi, AH 1064 [1654], obv. countermarked with VOC monogram, c [Colombo] above, 7.32g (Scholten 1285; KM. 49). Coin partly flat, otherwise fine, rare (£60-80)

Provenance:
R.J. Ford Collection, Taisei/Baldwin/Gillio Auction 19 (Singapore), 23 February 1995, lot 43