366, Lot: 191. Estimate $300. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PRINCELY STATES, Hyderabad. temp. Mir Usman Ali Khan II. AH 1329-1368 / AD 1911-1948. AV Ashrafi (25mm, 11.20 g, 12h). Haiderabad mint. Dually dated AH 1338; RY 9 (AD 1920). Façade of Charminar Mosque; isolate ain in Persian in central entryway; Asaf Jah and 92 inscription above; AH date in exergue / Value within pelleted circular border; mint formula and RY date forming ornate border. KM (Y) 57a; Friedberg 1165. UNC.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.