366, Lot: 145. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PRINCELY STATES, Awadh. temp. Ghazi al-Din Haidar. AH 1230-1234 / AD 1814-1819. AV Mohur (18mm, 10.72 g, 3h). In the name of Shah ‘Alam II, Mughal emperor. Muhammadabad Banares (Lucknow) mint. Dually dated AH 1231; RY 26 of Shah ‘Alam II (AD 1815). 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 105; Friedberg 995. EF, minute traces of deposits, reverse struck with slightly rusty die.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Skanda Collection (Spink-Taisei 9, 20 February 1991), lot 458.