Lot 2488

Description

(Hunt, Bunker), Sotheby's, London, The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, Islamic Coins, April 4, 1991, 37pp., 5 plates, the collection sold as one lot, about 70 coins illustrated. Most important, as issued and very scarce.

This part on Islamic coins comes from the greatest family collection of ancient and Islamic coins ever sold. The collection of 8526 coins from the Islamic world was a very important collections. It includes beside the important Islamic collection a very significant group of Mughal Indian coins. The collection was sold as one lot (Å“165,000), and contains many important rarities never seen in one sale. This part is rarely offered being the second time this company has had a copy to sell.