366, Lot: 172. Estimate $150. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PRINCELY STATES, Chhatarpur (?). AV Half Mohur (20mm, 6.20 g, 8h). In the name of Shah ‘Alam II, Mughal emperor. Dated RY 25 of Shah ‘Alam II. Incomplete Persian couplet citing Shah ‘Alam II; flower on stalk in central field / RY formula and date and floral symbol. KM –; Friedberg –; Baldwin’s 65, lot 1695 (same dies). EF, traces of underlying luster, obverse slightly double struck.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, September 1984.