366, Lot: 126. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDEPENDENT STATES, Cuddapah. temp. Abdul Muhammad Khan. AV Hon (12mm, 2.77 g, 4h). In the name of Muhammad Shah. Tarpatri mint. Dated RY 22 of Muhammad Shah (AD 1741). Incomplete Persian inscription citing Muhammad Shah II / Mint formula and RY date. KM –; Friedberg 1301 (Maratha Confederacy); S. Bhandare, “18th Century Coinage of the Cuddapah Region,” in ONS Journal 186 (Winter 2006), Fig. 44. EF. An attractive specimen of this very rare issue.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Baldwin’s 47 (25 September 2006), lot 1060.