366, Lot: 276. Estimate $500. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COLONIAL ISSUES, British India. Madras Presidency. 1639-1835. AV Half Mohur (22mm, 5.76 g, 12h). Arkat mint. Dually dated AH 1172 and RY 6 of Alamgir II (Struck AD 1817). Couplet citing Alamgir II / Mint formula and RY date. Pridmore 239; Friedberg 1585. EF, evidence of prior mounting.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Skanda Collection (Spink-Taisei 9, 20 February 1991), lot 608.