366, Lot: 278. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COLONIAL ISSUES, British India. Madras Presidency. 1652-1835. AV Half Mohur – Half Ashrafi (22mm, 5.83 g, 12h). East India Company issue. Madras (Chennai) mint. Struck 1819. Lion rampant left on globe and ground line, holding crown / Denomination and name of East India Company in Persian. Pridmore 242; Friedberg 1588. VF, hairlines and light field marks.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, June 1981.