Triton XIX, Lot: 2416. Estimate $10000.
Sold for $35000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Independent States. Sikh Empire. temp. Ranjit Singh. VS 1858-1896 / AD 1801-1839. AV Half Mohur (19mm, 5.85 g, 2h). Amritsar mint. Dated VS [1]877 (AD 1820). [
sikka zad bar har do ’alam faz]
l [sakha sahib ast] [fath te]gh-i guru gobind singh [shah nanak wahib ast] ([coin struck through each of the two worlds by] grace [of the Lord owner is] of the victory gained by the sword of guru Gobind Singh [Shah Nanak the provider is]) in Persian / [sanah jalus akal] maimanat bakht takht zarb [1]877[ sri Amritsar jiyo] ([year under the prosperous rule] of the fortunate [Akal] Takht struck [1]877 [lord Amritsar the illustrious]) in Persian; pipal leaf and symbol. Cf. Goron & Wiggins Type VIb; Herrli 01.07.03; KM 24 (this coin illustrated); Friedberg 1385 (this coin cited). EF. Very rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex New York Sale XVII (9 January 2008), lot 383; Dr. A.N. Brushfield Collection (Glendining’s, 2 November 1949), lot 70 (part of).
