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Quarter Ashrafi Coin of Sulayman Mirza
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Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Dr. David Mitten Cambridge MA Purchased from Derek Warden 2005 2006. Bought for $150.00 at Bay State Coin Show from Derek Warden.
Derek Warden Wyncote PA sold to David Mitten 2005.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of David Gordon Mitten in honor of Mary McWilliams Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art
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