366, Lot: 239. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PRINCELY STATES, Nawanagar. Vibhaji. VS 1909-1951 / AD 1852-1894. AV Kori (14mm, 6.41 g, 6h). In the name of Shams al-Din Muzaffar III of Gujarat. Dated AH [9]78 (Struck 1850s-1860s or later). Schematized name and titles of Muzaffar III; trace of AH date to right; sri jamji in Devanagari below / Schematized al-mu’ayyad –shams legend. KM 12; Friedberg 1363. EF. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, March 1992.