CNG 103, Lot: 1034. Estimate $750. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Hyderabad. temp. Nasir al-Daula. AH 1244-1273 / AD 1829-1857. AV Mohur (25mm, 11.08 g, 6h). Nazarana type. In the name of Bahadur Shah II, Mughal emperor. Haiderabad mint. Dually dated AH 1263 and RY 7 of Bahadur Shah II (AD 1847). Persian couplet citing Bahadur Shah II; AH date in center field nun in Persian above shah / Mint formula and RY date; mint symbol for Haiderabad in central field. KM (C) 84; Friedberg 1142. Good VF, traces of underlying luster, hint of deposits, small flan flaw and stress crack on reverse.

From the Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection. Ex Malter XLII (9 September 1989), lot 529.