366, Lot: 218. Estimate $1000. Sold for $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PRINCELY STATES, Kalayan. temp. Muhammad Shah Khair al-Din. AH 1211-1227 / AD 1797-1812. AV Mohur (20mm, 10.97 g, 6h). Kalayan mint. Dated AH 12[27] (AD 1812). Shahada / Mint formula; below, partial AH date and tiger(?) right; [ha in Persian below zarb]. Cf. KM 6 (rupee); Friedberg –; cf. Album 21, lot 1266 (rupee; same dies). VF, traces of deposits, areas of weak strike at periphery, struck with worn dies. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.