125, Lot: 342. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Lucknow. Wajid Ali Shah. 1847-1856. AV Ashrafi (20mm, 10.72 g, 3h). Dated AH 1264 (1847/8 AD). "Coin did strike on silver and gold by the grace and help of Allah the Shadow of the True One, Wajid Ali, Sultan of the World, Badshah;" AH 1264 / "Minting of the house of the Sultanate Lucknow of the kingdom of Awadh of the year of his reign associated with prosperity," coat-of-arms supported by "mermen". KM 124; Friedberg 1023. Good VF.