Triton XIX, Lot: 2469. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bombay Presidency. 1612/3-1835. AV Large Rupee – Mohur (21mm, 11.55 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alamgir II. Munbai (Bombay [Mumbai]) mint. Dually dated AH 1188 and RY 9 of Alamgir II (AD 1774). sikka mubārak pādshāh ghāzī ‘Ālamgīr (auspicious coin of the great shah warrior Alamgir) in Persian verse; AH date to upper right / zarb Mumbai sanat 9 julūs maimanat manūs (struck Munbai year 9 of the reign associated with prosperity) in Persian. Pridmore 8; Friedberg 1546. EF, traces of underlying luster, hints of reddish deposits. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, May 1999.