Triton XIX, Lot: 2423. Estimate $4000. Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Cooch Behar. Nripendra Narayan. SE 1785-1833 / AD 1863-1911. AV Nazarana Mohur (21mm, 9.23 g, 12h). Dated CB era 354 (AD 1864). Schematized śrī śrī/śiva char(ana)/kamala mad/huka(asya) in Bengali; pellet-in-crescent at end; all within linear quadrate border with floral ornaments at corners; additional floral ornaments in external voids; all within border of alternating dentils and pellets / śrī śrī/nripendra/nara/yana/san 354 sake in Bengali; floral ornaments flanking śrī śrī. R&B, Cooch, 74; KM 180; Friedberg 1098. Superb EF, lightly toned.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, October 1993.