Triton XIX, Lot: 2412. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Independent States. Mysore. Tipu Sultan. AH 1197-1202 / AD 1787-1799. AV Faruqi – Pagoda (14mm, 3.43 g, 12h). Type 4. Khurseed Sawad (Dharwad) mint. Dually dated RY 7 and AM 1217 (27 March AD 1789 – 15 March AD 1790). sanat 7 khurseed sawad faruqi he (year 7 Khurseed Sawad faruqi [he]) in Persian / al-wahid al-adil sanat 1217 jalusi al-adil tarikh-i julus saal sakh ahmad al-sultan hu Muhammad (the only the just year 1217 the sultan he Muhammad) in Persian. Edge: wreath. Henderson 491; Moin, p. 24; cf. KM 99a; Friedberg 1356. EF, lustrous.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, August 1980.