366, Lot: 177. Estimate $500. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PRINCELY STATES, Hyderabad. temp. Sikanar Jah. AH 1218-1244 / AD 1803-1829. AV Mohur (21mm, 11.16 g, 6h). Dump type. In the name of Muhammad Akbar II, Mughal emperor. Haiderabad mint. Dually dated AH 1236; RY 15 of Muhammad Akbar II (AD 1820). Persian couplet citing Muhammad Akbar II; AH date in center field sin in Persian above shah / Mint formula and RY date; mint symbol for Haiderabad in central field. Edge: crude oblique milling. KM –, but see p. 686 (this coin illustrated); cf. Friedberg 1130 (for type). EF, traces of underlying luster, traces of deposits, light scratches.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Stack’s (5 March 1988), lot 2260.