Lot 8663

Lot with Hejaz countermarked coinage on Ottoman 20 para (2), 40 para (2), AH1327 and 40 para (2) AH1336. Following the defeat of the Ottomans in 1916, Turkish 10, 20 & 40 para coins of Muhammad V and 40 para coins of Muhammad VI were countermarked ‘al-Hejaz’ in Arabic, defacing the sultan’s toughra, added (spurious) countermarked ‘al-Hejaz’ Indian AR rupees (3), AE British penny 1921 & BEIC AE ¼ anna 1833