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366, Lot: 144. Estimate $750.
Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PRINCELY STATES, Awadh. temp. Sa’adat ‘Ali. AH 1213-1230 / AD 1798-1814. AV Half Mohur (17mm, 5.34 g, 3h). In the name of Shah ‘Alam II, Mughal emperor. Muhammadabad Banares (Lucknow) mint. Dually dated AH 1224; RY 26 of Shah ‘Alam II (AD 1809). Persian couplet citing Shah ‘Alam II; AH date in lower field / Mint formula and RY date, fish and pennant in fields (mintmark); arrow to left. KM A105 (this coin illustrated); Friedberg 996 (this coin illustrated). EF, lightly toned, traces of underlying luster. Very rare, none in CoinArchives.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Skanda Collection (Spink-Taisei 9, 20 February 1991), lot 456.