Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1505. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Independent States. Mysore. Tipu Sultan. AH 1197-1202/AD 1787-1799. Æ Double Paisa (22.83 g, 12h). Dar al-Sultanat Pattan (Srirangapattana) mint. Dated AM 1225 (AH 1211/12; 29 March AD 1797-17 March AD 1798). Caparisoned elephant advancing right; behind, ornate banner with Persian “be”; all within pelleted double line border / Mint formula with epithet “dar al-sultanat” above; “mauludi”, AM date, and “mushtari” in Persian below; all within pelleted double line border. Henderson 102; KM 124.6. EF, brown patina. Attractive and well-struck.