366, Lot: 186. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PRINCELY STATES, Hyderabad. temp. Mir Mahbub Ali Khan II. AH 1285-1329 / AD 1868-1911. AV Eighth Ashrafi – Eighth Mohur (9mm, 1.39 g, 12h). In the name of Asaf Jah, Nizam al-Mulk. Haiderabad mint. Dated AH 1321 (AD 1882). Persian couplet; [traces of 92 in Easter Arabic numerals in upper right field]; AH date in exergue; trace of
mim in Persian above
mulk / Mint formula. KM (Y) 19; Friedberg 1158. EF, lightly toned, traces of underlying luster.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, January 1991.