Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 990. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Awadh. Wajid Ali Shah. AH 1263-1272 / AD 1847-1856. AV Half Ashrafi. Mulk Awadh Baitu-s-Sultanat (Lucknow) mint. Dated AH 1264 (AD 1847/8). Poetic couplet citing name and titles of Wajid Ali Shah; AH date in center field / Coat-of-arms supported by "mermen". KM 376; Friedberg 1024. In NGC slab graded MS 63.