366, Lot: 169. Estimate $1500. Sold for $27500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PRINCELY STATES, Bharatpur. temp. Jaswant Singh. VS 1909-1950 / AD 1853-1893. AV Mohur (22mm, 10.78 g, 3h). In the name of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Empress of India. Braj Indrapur (Bharatpur) mint. Dually dated 1859 (
in Eastern Arabic numerals) and VS 1916 (AD 1859). Head of Queen Victoria left; date below / Couplet alluding to Victoria;
khatar (mintmark) to left, VS date in exergue. KM 170; Friedberg 1050. EF, lightly toned.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Spink 17 (16 September 1981), lot 115; Virgil Brand Collection.