366, Lot: 158. Estimate $400. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PRINCELY STATES, Awadh. Wajid Ali Shah. AH 1263-1272 / AD 1847-1856. AV Half Ashrafi (18mm, 5.33 g, 9h). Lucknow mint. Dated AH 1267; RY 4 (AD 1850/1). Legend citing Wajid Ali Shah; AH date in lower field / Coat-of-arms supported by "mermen"; mint formula in outer margin. KM 376; Friedberg 1024. Near EF.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 59 (10 April 1992), lot 4330.