Triton XIX, Lot: 2417. Estimate $5000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Bahwalpur. Sadiq Muhammad Khan V. AH 1325-1365 / AD 1907-1947. Proof AV Nazarana Rupee (29mm, 20.21 g, 12h). Dies by Spink. Bahawalpur mint. Dated AH 1343 (AD 1925). Bust left, wearing military attire; b-mughalmah te’ala sadiq muhammad ’abbasi khams farmanrawai malikat kudadad bahawalpur (most exalted, Sadiq Muhammad ‘Abbasi fifth ruler of the kingdom granted by God Bahawalpur) in Urdu / Coat-of-arms; above, zarb Bahawalpur in Urdu, below 1343 (in Eastern Arabic numerals and yek rupia (value) in Urdu. Cf. KM (Y) 10 (nazarana rupee); Friedberg 1031a; Baldwin’s 53, lot 1956. Proof, mirror fields, a few hairlines and finger prints, struck with typical rusty dies. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, March 2006.